[OSM-talk] State of the NameFinder

[Valent Turkovic]

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Brian
Quinion<openstreetmap at brian.quinion.co.uk> wrote:
>> The one I've been working on (suggestions for a name for the project
>> gratefully received off list BTW) is mostly functional.  I was
>> expecting to open it for testing on the geocoding list some time next
>> week when it has finished indexing the most recent planet import
>> however given the timing of this I've started an import of just a uk
>> extract (which will take 3 to 4 hours to run assuming it all works
>> first time) so people can have a quick preview.  I'll post a URL to
>> the list when it is complete.
>
> As promised, you can try a uk test system here:
>
> http://katie.openstreetmap.org/~twain/
>
> And a couple of sample queries:
>
> http://katie.openstreetmap.org/~twain/?q=london
> http://katie.openstreetmap.org/~twain/?q=91+upper+ground%2C+london
> http://katie.openstreetmap.org/~twain/?q=pub+near+upper+ground%2C+london
>
> If you want to know how the address was created click the 'details'
> link at the end of the search result.  Some of the values are my debug
> info but it will also provide links to the osm node/way/relation.
> Please be aware that this extract is about 4 weeks old and there have
> been quite a bit of improvements to the UK county data since then.
>
> Please email me bug reports off list, but be aware that I'm going to
> be away from my email for a lot of the weekend and that there are
> still known issues - so don't be that surprised if you break it.

Whoow, this looks and works much better than current OSM search! Any
info when will it be available on main OSM page for the whole world?
Current search just sucks for me ;(

-- 
pratite me na twitteru - www.twitter.com/valentt
http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/
linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless
registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic, msn: valent.turkovic at hotmail.com