[Talk-GB] Extracting Data for a Specific Organisation/Tag

[Matt Williams]

On 22 October 2012 23:34, Chris Baines <cbaines8 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wrote an Android application [1] that took some data that my
> university published, and overlaid it on OSM tiles. However, now the
> data regarding the university within OSM is good enough that I should
> be able to just use data from OSM for the app. The bit I am unsure
> about is how to get the relevant data out of OSM and in to the app.
>
> What would be the best way of extracting data from OSM where the
> operator=University of Southampton tag is present, either on an
> enclosing area, or the object itself?

If you want to avoid downloading the UK extract and running Osmosis
(or whatever), have a look at Overpass
(https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Language_Guide). It
should be able to give you what you need.

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Matt Williams
http://milliams.com