These are a number of planet.osm-powered scripts, written in Python. Source code is available from svn under /applications/utils/where_are_they/. (They used to be at http://gagravarr.org/code/)

They support outputting to a number of formats:

• HTML (default)
• XML (very simple format)
• OSM
• GPX (Garmin waypoint format)

Contents 1 Where Am I? 1.1 Example URLs 1.2 Interesting URLs 2 Where Is It?

Where Am I?

http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_am_i.py

Allows you to find nodes (of certain types), places or roads near a given location.

Takes four required arguments:

• lat - the latitude (decimal)
• long - the longitude (decimal)
• dist - search bbox radius (in meters)
• format - see above

And then one of:

• places - the nearby places
• roads - the nearby (main) roads
• node_type - nodes of the given type (eg place)
• node_type + node_value - nodes of the given type and value (eg amenity + pub)

Example URLs

• http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_am_i.py?lat=51.858238&long=-1.480533&dist=7500&node_type=amenity&node_value=pub - Pubs near Charlbury
• http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_am_i.py?lat=51.721033333&long=-1.238533333&dist=50000&places - Places near south Oxford
• http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_am_i.py?lat=51.721033333&long=-1.238533333&dist=500&roads - Main Roads near south Oxford

Interesting URLs

These may be of wider use, and should be collected below.

• All the places around Oxford

Where Is It?

http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_is_it.py

Allows you to locate places by their name, providing a basic OSM powered gazetter service.

Takes three arguments:

• place - the (case sensitive) name of the place you want to find, eg Iffley
• type - a comma separated list of kinds of places to search (from Map Features), eg type=town,city
• format - see above

Examples:

• http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_is_it.py?place=Iffley&type=village,town,city - Where is Iffley (Village)?
• http://gagravarr.org/cgi-bin/where_is_it.py?place=Bath&type=city - Where is Bath?