OSMPal

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OSM Pal (OpenStreetMap Pal) Map Analysis Tool for .osm files
Platforms:	Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix
Status:	Broken
Website:	https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMPal
Source code:	https://github.com/developingcountries/osmpal-nodes-basic/
Programming language:	Python
Map analysis tool of .osm files, helps find nearest and farthest POI's/tagged items, useful for offline environments.
Features Feature Value Map Display Display map Map data yes Source Rotate map 3D view Shows website Shows phone number Shows operation hours Routing Routing no Create route manually Calculate route Create route via Waypoints Routing profiles Turn restrictions Calculate route without Internet (Offline routing) Routing providers Avoid traffic Traffic Provider Navigating Navigate yes Find location Find nearby POIs yes Navigate to point Navigation with voice / Voice guidance Keep on road Lane guidance Works without GPS Navigate along predefined route Tracking (Not set) Monitoring (Not set) Editing (Not set) Rendering (Not set) Accessibility (Not set)

OSM Pal (OpenStreetMap Pal) is an OpenStreetMap tool to find nearest and farthest nodes of interest (POI's) from an .osm file using keywords. This tool runs in Python and it includes a simple geocoder so that you can enter a street address or zip/postal codes for analysis. It is also useful in remote areas when you need to analyze .osm files without internet connections.

This tool comes in 2 varieties:

• Text-only [1]

• Graphical (Requires matplotlib and networkx installed in Python) [2]

Download

Download the text-only tool:

• Github repository

Download the graphical tool:

• Github repository

Installation and Instructions

• For the text-only tool, follow instructions at https://github.com/developingcountries/osmpal-nodes-basic/

• For the graphical tool, follow instructions at https://github.com/developingcountries/osmpal-nodes-graphical/

Sample commands are:

python osmpalnodesbasic.py nearest_node_tagged $'870 broadway' cafe (Prints the cafe that's nearest to 870 Broadway, in Mac or Linux).

python osmpalnodesbasic.py farthest_node_tagged "10010, new york" hospital (Prints the hospital that's farthest away from the zip code 10010 in New York, in Windows environment).