openstreetmap

Avoiding graphical CAPTCHA by checking against OpenStreetMap

I am writing a subscription app for a rallye site. As the subscription doesn't need former registration, a captcha should be useful. The subscription is team-based. One team include 1 to 3 person. for each person an postal address must be provided. Now I wonder, if it makes sense to check if the city exists and the provided street is ...

How can I use OpenStreetMap in my Compact Framework App?

Hello, does anyone know, how I can use OpenStreetMap inside my Compact Framework Application? Is there a Framework or something like that? All I can find in their Wiki is how to contribute to their Project and to user their Software to Map data. But I want to use their maps to show the users Location inside my own App. I could not find ...

Openstreetmap: embedding map in webpage (like Google Maps)

Is there a way to embed/mashup the OpenStreetMap in your page (like the way Google Maps API works)? I need to show a map inside my page with some markers and allow dragging/zooming around, maybe routing. I suspect there would be some Javascript API for this, but I can't seem to find it. Searching gets me an API for access to raw map da...

Is there an API for openstreetmap?

I wonder if there is any API I could query OSM data through, for example; Are (lon_1, lat_1) at land or at sea? Or could it be possible to get an island as a well-defined polygon? The only usage I've seen so far has just been tools for rendering OSM data (generating tiles). Update: I've found a great API for reading Openstreetmap data;...

"Search within distance" API for OpenStreetMap

Is there any API for OpenStreetMap which allows me to obtain a list of POIs within a certain distance (e.g. 10 miles) from a reference location? ...

Google maps satellite view

Hey ALL! I'm using the google maps API with openstreetmap (see the following example code), I'd like to add the google satellite view too. How can this be accomplished? var tilesMapnik = new GTileLayer(copyOSM, 1, 17, {tileUrlTemplate: 'http://tile.openstreetmap.org/{Z}/{X}/{Y}.png'}); var mapMapnik = new GMapType([tilesMapnik],...

How to get an OpenStreetMap image in adobe air?

I try to load an image from openstreetmap into an air application using javascript and html but the image doesnt appear. I've no problems getting images from flickr. This is the image url: Map image from OSM ...

Flash library for OpenStreetMap

Is there a library in Flash to access and draw vector data from OpenStreetMap? ...

Open Street Map Marker Manager

Hi! I need kind of Marker Manager for OpenStreetMap like in google maps. Do somebody know anything about it? ...

Open source POI database?

Is there a good free POI database (i'm thinking mainly public places like cinemas, shops, etc). OpenStreetMap would seem like a good source, but I haven't worked out how to download the POI database. ...

Reverse geo location using openstreetmap

Hello All, I have used openstreet map in my ongoing website. I have developed website using PHP. My requirement is to get ADDRESS based on Geo Location(Latitude & Longitude). Is there any openstreet API available to get location info based on Lat/Lon? Thanks, Vishal Parmar ...

How do i do gecoding and routing with OpenStreetMaps?

Because Google Maps API is not available in Israel (see here) I want to use OpenStreetMap. I'm confused by all the different ways to do geocoding, i.e. finding lat,long for an address. I'm also looking for the best way to do routing, i.e display a route between two locations, using OSM. I'm looking for JavaScript on the client and .Ne...

delphi+openstreetmap

is there a vcl or a project (in delphi) that would allow me to download OSM tiles and display them on an app? I have tried embedding an browser and it worked great but i need a way to display the maps offline. ...

OpenStreetMap reverse geocoding zip codes?

I'm working on a blackberry application and would like to use the OpenStreetMap reverse geo-coding to get an address and/or a street corner. I found Nominatim but it doesn't seem to do zip codes in the US (it has UK postal codes though), is there a OpenStreetMap API to get zipcodes, or some other free/open licensed reverse geocoding or ...

ItemizedOverlay in OSM isn't working

hi, I have checked out the source code for osmdroid from code.google.com, everything is working great except Tapping the overlays, I don't what is wrong with it, as I have seen some screen shots of it being tapped. ...

Cached/offline maps for iPhone?

I'd like to use use maps in my application, so that there will be as less as possible traffic. Perfect solution would be caching of map slices. I know it's not possible with google maps (license). I took a look on OpenStreetMaps and it seems as good solution. The next: SDK. The only one I've found is from CloudMade. The problem is, I fou...

gwt-openlayers with openstreetmap example

I'd like to integrate OSM in GWT. I found this library called gwt-openlayers, but I don't understand how can I make it work with the OSM map. Can anyone provide me a short example? ...

OpenStreetMap and Hadoop

Hi, I need some ideas for a weekend project about Hadoop and OpenStreetMap. I have access to AWS EC2 instance with OpenStreetMap snapshot in my EBS volume. The OpenStreetMap data is in a PostgreSQL database. What kind of MapReduce function can be run on the OpenStreetMap data, assuming I can export them into xml format, and then place...

what POIs (Point of Interests) DB can I use for a commercial app

I need a POI database for a startup project I am working on - it will be a free basic version and a premium paid for version in the sense that user will pay a monthly subscription. I would like to use foursquare type checkin to places and plancast type functionality to search for places (one-line search). Ie I need to: perform a searc...

Openstreetmap Amazon EBS

Hi, Has anybody had any luck using Openstreetmap Amazon EBS ? I just could not start Postgres, having created it using pg_createcluster --locale=en_US -d /openstreetmap/data/ 8.3 osm and then running it pg_ctlcluster 8.3 osm start Error: Error: The server must be started under the locale : which does not exist any more. Runnin...