That's exactly what i mean/want :D That way you can call the osmxapi url with [polygon=belgium] or [polygon:country=belgium]
What do the osmxapi developers think about it? Greetings Johan Rob wrote: > i would be cool if the osmxapi could accept a href to a polygon xml > file reference instead of a bbox. We can put a list of > country/province/city/... polygons somewhere on a site > > 2008/4/18, Johan Huysmans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> And a combination of both? Does that exists. >> >> Now my php script just eats all memory when parsing the osm file :( >> >> >> Johan >> >> >> Skywave wrote: >> > Download from here, it uses a polygon instead of a bbox. >> > http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe/ >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Johan Huysmans >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Currently i'm working with the bbox of Belgium, but this bbox includes >> >> parts of the Netherlands, France,.. >> >> >> >> And this gives me some problems... it appears that some places in >> >> Belgium also exists in the Netherlands or France. >> >> >> >> Apparently it is only possible to use bbox-es to limit the size. >> >> Are there any ideas or plans to implement some way you can limit the >> >> size for eg. a country? >> >> >> >> Johan >> >> >> >> >> >> 80n wrote: >> >> > You can have any shaped bbox you like as long as it is a rectangle ;) >> >> > >> >> > Can anyone point me to a good algorithm for selecting points within an >> >> > arbitrary polygon? >> >> > >> >> > 80n >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Johan Huysmans >> >> >> >> >> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >>> >> >> > >> >> > Hi All, >> >> > >> >> > I' experimenting with osmxapi to get a list of all places in >> Belgium. >> >> > Getting a list of all places is no problem, but the list is a bit >> too >> >> > large ;) >> >> > >> >> > Can I specify that I only want the places in Belgium? Can this be >> done >> >> > with bbox? >> >> > >> >> > Is there a known mapping that give you the exact bbox for each >> >> > country? >> >> > >> >> > Thx, Johan Huysmans >> >> > >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > talk mailing list >> >> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >>> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> talk mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > talk mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk > _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk

