On Sep 12, 2018, at 11:06 AM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of the requirements was to create something that did not require an > Internet connection
OK, yet I had no way of knowing that from your post. Though, that is an "interesting" requirement for a crowdsourced, Internet-based map database. > or a Ph.D. in OpenStreetMap jargon. C'mon, John, I'm offering earnest help with a powerful tool familiar to a great many OSM users and a drop-dead-simple query whose guts are: {{geocodeArea:Ottawa}}->.searchArea; (way["building"="residential"](area.searchArea);); That's pretty much it, and you get your results in seconds visually or in various export formats. > As I mentioned I'm after end users rather than OSM technically knowledgeable > ones. By substituting "node" for "way" or other text-strings for the keys or values you're looking for, and with a multitude of output formats, this is not Ph.D.-level stuff: it is designed to easily query OSM data, returning results in familiar "map/visually" OR well-known geo datafile formats. It isn't jargon-y, it IS used by "end users" and by OSM technically knowledgeable ones alike. Using OSM data? (Yes, you are): use OSM-based tools. You want jargon, use R. I'm trying to help create light, not heat. > Another was the ability to combine the information with other data. Export the results of OT queries, and ye shall. > Thank you for your thoughts and hopefully the answers will clarify what sort > of assistance I'm after. You are welcome, and I'll be curious to watch what happens. As I saw your request for feedback is to be off-list, we who are on-list (I speak for myself right here) appreciate hearing of any fruit your query may bear. Best regards, SteveA _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list Talk-ca@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca