plepe / plepe/OpenStreetBrowser

Filter map features inside region / near other map feature

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JavaScript
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Description

Juergeen wrote on 2019-02-17 in the OSM Wiki:

Is it possible to filter the nodes found by their distance to some specific way, for instance to show alle the hotels next to or near a road ?
Not fltering on a low zoom level that shows a long road overloads my browser, and, probably, also the server.
The distance should be defined as the distance from each node to the closest point of the way. Because this is not easy to calculate, we might relax this definition to the distance to the closest endpoint of any path that is part of the way: This seems easier to calculate and doesn't make a difference on a low zoom level.

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Research direction

The issue links to an OSM Wiki discussion about filtering nodes by distance to a way; start there and review the existing map and category filtering entry points. Done means users can filter nearby map features within a defined distance without low-zoom road queries overloading the browser or server, using distance semantics agreed for the feature.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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