Hi, On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 1:37 AM, Janko Mihelić <[email protected]> wrote:
> How would you connect POIs that have no address? > Janko Logically, you would make the connection through some kind of permanent ID - not literally an address. I believe there have been various discussions about permanent IDs, but nothing has been implemented. Various people (myself included) have at times (mis)used objects' IDs in this way, but their stability is not guaranteed, and smart people who know what they're talking about recommend strongly against doing this. > > A large proportion of POIs are very relevant in that context, so >> presumably a new mechanism for generating maps involving at least two >> distinct data bases would be required? >> > Yeah, you'd definitely need a service that combines the two. Or rather, services that combine the OSM database with various other non-OSM databases is useful ways. But I don't think that's such a big deal - if I understand correctly, data downloads are all handled through service calls currently: no one downloads a copy of the actual raw OSM database itself. Steve
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