[OSM-talk] osmxapi/bbox question

[Johan Huysmans]

That's exactly what i mean/want :D

That way you can call the osmxapi url with [polygon=belgium] or 
[polygon:country=belgium]

What do the osmxapi developers think about it?

Greetings Johan

Rob wrote:
> 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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