[OSM-talk] osmxapi/bbox question

[Rob]

i would be cool if the osmxapi could accept a href to a polygon xml
file reference instead of a bbox. We can put a list of
country/province/city/... polygons somewhere on a site

2008/4/18, Johan Huysmans <johan.huysmans at inuits.be>:
> And a combination of both? Does that exists.
>
>  Now my php script just eats all memory when parsing the osm file :(
>
>
>  Johan
>
>
>  Skywave wrote:
>  > 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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