IRJS-OSM

This is a command line tool for working with the lateset OpenStreetMap data for a specific bounding box. The tool relies on pulling the latest changeset information from the WhoDidIt project

Bounding Box: A bounding box of the standard form: LL, UR as a string of 4 numbers, comma separated:

-105.3424072,39.946595,-105.1872253,40.0938316

CLI

Installation

$ npm install -g irjs-osm

Usage

Usage: irosm [options] [command]
Commands:
	titles       Titles of Latest Changesets
	summaries    Summaries of Latest Changesets
	users        List all users who contributed
	changesets   List all changesets

Options:
	-h, --help                        Show this message
	-l, --limit <n>                   A limit for the number of results
	-f, --format <string>             The desired format of the output
	-o, --outFile <path/to/file.ext>  A file to write the output, defaults to stdout
	-b, --bbox <path/to/bbox.config>  The bounding box configuration file, defaults to ./bbox.config

Persistence

There are two options for persistence: Mongo and Elastic Search. The flags are set as the desired format:

irosm changesets -l 10 -f search

irosm changesets -l 10 -f mongo

Example

$ irosm changesets -l 3 -f csv

#	ID,Title,User,Link
#	28724851,removed a blockbuster,TheDutchMan13,http://openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/28724851
#	28707104,us36 n of boulder,Mark Newnham,http://openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/28707104
#	28704512,boulder canyon boulevard,Mark Newnham,http://openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/28704512

$ irosm changesets -l 3 -f csv -o output.csv

# 	Successfully saved output.csv!

API

 
var osmFeed = require('irjs-osm')
 
options = {}
options.limit = 3
options.format = 'json'
options.outFile = 'return'
 
//You may pass a bbox in as a string, or as a location by using either of the following (not both, the options.bbox will override).
 
//Pass a file:
options.bboxFile = './config.bbox'
 
//OR Pass a String
options.bbox = '-105.3424072,39.946595,-105.1872253,40.0938316'
 
//Print out the changesets
osmFeed.get(options, osmFeed.changesets, function(res){
    console.log(res)
})
 
 

Test

$ mocha

Other

Elastic Search vs. MongoDB Review for irjs-osm