[OSM-talk] osmxapi/bbox question

[Skywave]

Download from here, it uses a polygon instead of a bbox.
http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Johan Huysmans
<johan.huysmans at inuits.be> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>  Currently i'm working with the bbox of Belgium, but this bbox includes
>  parts of the Netherlands, France,..
>
>  And this gives me some problems... it appears that some places in
>  Belgium also exists in the Netherlands or France.
>
>  Apparently it is only possible to use bbox-es to limit the size.
>  Are there any ideas or plans to implement some way you can limit the
>  size for eg. a country?
>
>  Johan
>
>
>  80n wrote:
>  > You can have any shaped bbox you like as long as it is a rectangle ;)
>  >
>  > Can anyone point me to a good algorithm for selecting points within an
>  > arbitrary polygon?
>  >
>  > 80n
>  >
>  > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Johan Huysmans
>
> > <johan.huysmans at inuits.be <mailto:johan.huysmans at inuits.be>> wrote:
>  >
>  >     Hi All,
>  >
>  >     I' experimenting with osmxapi to get a list of all places in Belgium.
>  >     Getting a list of all places is no problem, but the list is a bit too
>  >     large ;)
>  >
>  >     Can I specify that I only want the places in Belgium? Can this be done
>  >     with bbox?
>  >
>  >     Is there a known mapping that give you the exact bbox for each
>  >     country?
>  >
>  >     Thx, Johan Huysmans
>  >
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