[OSM-talk] POI-searching application

[Shaun McDonald]

Have you tried TrackMyJourney?
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Software/Mobile_phones for some others that you may want to try.

Shaun

On 30 Mar 2010, at 05:03, John F. Eldredge wrote:

> Does anyone know of an application for BlackBerry phones that allows one 
> to search for OSM POIs of a certain type within a certain distance from 
> a given location, or alternately of a web site that allows such 
> searches?  I know of some sites that allow one to search for a POI by 
> name, but I am looking for the type of search where you know what type 
> of POI you are interested in, but not its name or exact location.  This 
> would allow a version of  the location-based searches that various 
> commercial applications and services (such as Google) offer.  Ideally, 
> you could supply the content of more than one tag, so as to narrow down 
> the results.
> 
> I have a mapping program on my BlackBerry, BigTinCan Mapper, that will 
> display OSM tiles.  Unfortunately, it doesn't have the type of search 
> capability I am looking for, and most POIs only show up at maximum zoom, 
> where only a small geographical area is visible on-screen.  This makes 
> it not particularly practical for large-scale POI searches.
> 
> -- 
> John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
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> than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria
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