On 28/08/2008 11:08, fx5900 wrote: > Hi guys, > > I would like to store this map which i have taken from OSM site which > can be seen via clicking the download link www.megaupload.com/?d=5Y58619K > and store its information such as the names of places, road names, > cor-ordinates etc in a database. Then create an application similar to that > of google map that queries the database in such as way that if i type Great > Portland Street, in a search bar the map will then be shown with a pointer > indicating where Great Portland stree is. > > Now what i would like to know is after i have decided on what i want to > store, how do i go about storing this. I also have POST GIS/POSTGRES db as > well on my system and Python 2.5. Can somebody suggest a way of doing so > thanks
Do you know about name finder: http://gazetteer.openstreetmap.org/namefinder which does exactly this? See http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Name_finder David _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
