[OSM-talk] can search engines index osm data?

[David Earl]

Nic Roets wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:37 AM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com 
> <mailto:david at frankieandshadow.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
>     i.e. everything with a name (or other identifier like ref), which is all
>     the useful ones. (Of course we already have URLs by number for every
>     node, way and relation in the system, though those aren't usually
>     exposed to search engines, and they include vast duplication, e.g. for
>     streets with the same name split into multiple ways. They are useful for
>     data scrutiny but not really for search engines).
> 
> 
> I don't know what you are planning, but this is what I have in mind :
> 
> Create a web page (html) for every city and town. Generate a header with 
> info like the country it's in. Find all the suburbs and hamlets that are 
> nearest to it and create a link for each one.
> 
> Create a web page for every suburb, village and hamlet. Create a link to 
> the nearest city or town in bold (if there are multiple cities at the 
> same distance, create multiple links. Find all the streets that are 
> closest to this suburb and create links for each one. The same goes for 
> amenities.
> 
> I think Google will index such pages. They already index a lot of 
> garbage, like web proxy access logs, spreadsheets with address lists etc.


That's almost exactly what I'm planning. I'll post some screen shots in 
due course.

David