On Sep 12, 2018, at 11:06 AM, john whelan <[email protected]> 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
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