On 22 October 2012 23:34, Chris Baines <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I wrote an Android application [1] that took some data that my > university published, and overlaid it on OSM tiles. However, now the > data regarding the university within OSM is good enough that I should > be able to just use data from OSM for the app. The bit I am unsure > about is how to get the relevant data out of OSM and in to the app. > > What would be the best way of extracting data from OSM where the > operator=University of Southampton tag is present, either on an > enclosing area, or the object itself?
If you want to avoid downloading the UK extract and running Osmosis (or whatever), have a look at Overpass (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Language_Guide). It should be able to give you what you need. -- Matt Williams http://milliams.com _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
