openstreetmap

Transportation Web App - utilizing google or bing map api

I have a MS SQL database with a table that stores geocoded "PICKUP" locations which I eventually may or may not want to display depending on search filters the user selects. These are not static like a brick and mortar store locations. They are added by the applications users 24 hrs a day. The life of a "LOAD" is less than 24 Hrs. Once i...

How to extract Geographic data from open street map or Google maps

Hi, i need to retrieve all the city names from a specific country using openstreet map or google maps. is there any API available? or is there any other way of getting this world geographic data? Cheers ...

JXMapViewer change orientation to Heading Up

I am trying to use JXMapViewer (from swingx-ws) with Open Street Maps. I was wondering if it would be possible to display the map tiles in the JXMapViewer based on heading up, rather than on North up. For example, the normal car GPS navigation systems let you do that. I've looked through the documentation and there doesn't seem to be a ...

Change Projection in OpenLayers Map

I want to set "EPSG:4326" as the projection of an OpenLayers map, but when I try it, I always get "EPSG:900913". function init() { var options = { projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326") // ignored }; map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', options); var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM.Osmarender("Osm...

Is there a Swing component for Google Maps?

I would like to have support for Google Maps in my Java Swing desktop application. Is there an Google Maps component for Swing that is freely available? It would be good if it was extendable and maybe had support for other maps i.e. like OpenStreetMaps. ...

Determine the urban district from coordinates

Hi, I am looking for a database that allows to find the name of an urban district from the coordinates. I have tried to use Google Maps or Open Street Map to find that information, but they do not seem to be able to deliver this data. I'm especially looking for a database for Germany Cheers, Michael ...

iPhone SDK: Integrating Open Street Maps with Google Maps

I am curious if anyone has worked to overlay element from Open Street Maps onto a UIMapView. Maybe things like trails from Open Street Maps? I know that the API allows you to grab xml for parts of the map. Has this been done before, and documented? ...

How do I add an overlay to my OpenStreetMap

I currently use a google map and create tiles for it by using a PHP script to generate the required PNG images var myTileLayer = new GTileLayerOverlay( new GTileLayer(null, null, null, { //tileUrlTemplate: 'Overlays/Overlay_{Z}_{X}_{Y}.png', ...

How to render OpenStreetMaps?

Did you know a way to render the .osm format given by OpenStreetMap in Php, JavaScript, ActionScript or other web plataform? What do you recomend to implement it? Where can i find good examples in the plataform you suggest? Thanks ...

OpenStreetMap Proximity search using mySQL

Hi, I'm just playing around with a dataset of my region generated by JOSM. I moved it into a mySQL DB with the 0.6 API scheme using Osmosis and now I'm desperately trying the following: I want to get all streets of a city. AFAIK there is no tag/relation in the OSM data to determine this so I tried it using a proximity search to get al...

Map tiles for Openstreetmaps (OSM) and Google Maps (satellite view)

Are tiles from Openstreetmap (OSM) compatible with tiles of Google Maps (satellite view)? By compatible I mean - is it possible to use the code/logic that is written to read Openstreetmaps tiles to load tiles from Google maps ? Can someone point to good resources that can explain more on this topic. Thanks. ...

Equivalent of com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.populate() for OpenStreeMaps (OSMDroid)

Any idea what's the equivalent of com.google.android.maps.ItemizedOverlay.populate() method in case of OpenSteeMapViewItemizedOverlay ? ...

Street to List of GPS Coordinates

I have two GPS Coordinates, (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)... I there any free information available where I could A) retrieve the street coordinates that connects the coordinates, and B) retrieve all coordinates along the path connecting them. So, two coordinates... what are all the gps coordinates between them and needs to be realistic to act...

Integrating Bing Maps tiles into Google Maps API

Hello, I currently managed to integrate OpenStreetMap into Google Maps API as it is described in this example. I wonder if I can also integrate Bing Maps tiles into Google Maps API. Is it possible? I could not find anything about that. Note: I do know about mapstraction but for now, I would like to stick to Google Maps API. Thanks in ...

Adding street View in Google Maps -Android and iPhone

Hello , I'm trying to develop an application that show the traffic congestion in country like saudi Arabia , I did some search and found that street view is not available for Saudi Arabia , if this is true ! how can I implement or add street view to google maps in order to use it I have a street view from a shape file .. and I want it to...

How to execute CGI from .Net using query_string environment

I am trying to get this API working: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Gosmore#Cgi_Routing_Interface Gosmore is installed and I've tried to execute it using this code: Dim proc As New ProcessStartInfo proc.EnvironmentVariables.Add("QUERY_STRING", "flat=57.69819&flon=11.97485&tlat=57.69819&tlon=11.97490&fast=0&v=motorcar") proc.Fi...

how to export images from an openstreetmap server??

Good morning everyone, i'll try to explain the whole situation here: I have a website (django-python) that shows a map using Openlayers. The map has two layers: a background that shows the city names and streets and for that i use openstreetmaps; the second layer contains some greographic information , for that i use MapServer (more spec...

Display Map like OpenStreetMap

Hello, everybody. I like the way OpenStreetMap display its map. It almost looks like Google Map. I have already installed GeoServer and PostGis on my notebook. I also got this cloudmade osm file for my country, Indonesia. I downloaded indonesia.osm.bz2. I successfully imported it into my PostGis and did setup it on my GeoServer but i...

OpenLayers API Documentation

Hi! I'm doing a project using OpenStreetMap. There is this one working code snippet that I found that I'm using for adding markers: ... styleMap: new OpenLayers.StyleMap( graphicYOffset: -25, // shift graphic up 28 pixels label : "${name}", // Set the external graphic and background graphic images. externalGraphic: "${icon}", b...

What are the advantages & disadvantages of having your own database for OpenStreetMap?

Hi! I'm doing a Route Planning Application using OpenStreetMap. The target area is the National Capital Region of the Philippines. I need the road vector data and some of the other POIs for the project. I'm thinking if it is better to get the data (the .OSM files) and place it in my own database or contribute to the Online database inste...