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Integrating POIs #3

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 8 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
It would be great to have a set of classes to get POIs (Points of Interests). 

But this raises numerous questions:

- What are the "must have" features? 
Using simple tags, or complex queries? 
Ability to search along a route? 
Which kind of POI, and for which kind of content? 

- Which service(s) are relevant: XAPI? MapQuest Nominatim? GeoNames? Others? 

Expressed needs, experience and advice will be welcome.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mathieu....@gmail.com on 11 Jul 2012 at 2:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
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GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
First impressions: 

- XAPI on MapQuest: very very very slow, and often not working at all. 

- Nominatim on MapQuest: results are weird. Viewbox is not strictly respected 
(One example, with Pakistan in Paris: 
http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/search?format=xml&q=[park]&bounded=1&vi
ewbox=2.2%2C48.8%2C2.5%2C48.9&limit=5
)

- ORS Directory Service seems to be a good candidate. But where is the API doc?

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 13 Jul 2012 at 2:30

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Very first draft implementation done, with Nominatim and GeoNames-Wikipedia as 
service providers. 
Nominatim is quite good and fast when searching along a route. But lack of doc 
is a real issue. Which tag to use for swimming pools? for post offices? golf 
courses? tennis courts?

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 16 Jul 2012 at 9:25

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Now both of them properly implemented. 
V2.0 published, with the jar, the javadoc, and a Tutorial.

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 18 Jul 2012 at 9:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
Geolocalized Photos has been added in v2.3, using Flickr service.

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 6 Sep 2012 at 7:38

GoogleCodeExporter commented 8 years ago 
For Nominatim, POI keywords to use are the Nominatim "Special Phrases".

Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 13 Apr 2013 at 7:36

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Original comment by mathieu....@gmail.com on 26 Apr 2013 at 9:37