[OSM-talk] all POIs within a specific radius

[kenneth gonsalves]

On Tue, 2011-08-02 at 14:05 +0200, Paul Hartmann wrote:
> On 08/02/2011 01:05 PM, kenneth gonsalves wrote:
> > hi,
> > 
> > how would I get all POIs within a specific radius (in metres) from a
> > specific point by querying the osm db?
> 
> Any kind of POI or a certain list of tags? Have you tried the Overpass
> API?
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API#Around 

looks good - the exact query I want is to get all the localities within
a radius of 30 kms from a particular point. I will explore this.