[GIS] How to convert osm way xml to openlayers feature

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I am displaying the osm data through a popup with openlayers. For now i am using the overpass api to get data.

But my app needs to reflect the rapidly changing data i.e. one changes the data then uses my app, then they need to see the new data.

The one minute lag of overpass api is not acceptable, so i have decided to use the

skel mode of overpass api to display feature,
Get id and geometry
query the feature from osm database

this way i can limit the data usage also.

Now i have an Openlayers Vector Layer using OpenLayers.Format.OSM. i can add features to it.

i need to convert an xml data in this format
to an OpenLayers.Feature.Vector.

Best Answer

You need to use a vector layer with OpenLayers.Format.OSM

This page on the OSM Wiki has a wonderful example:OpenLayers osm file example

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I don't think SQLite is the right way to store the map data, you're going to need something more efficient (in terms of disk space efficiency). There is a format under development called OSM Mobile Binary Format, which may be suitable:

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That will cover reverse geocoding. But for geocoding you will need your data the other way around, perhaps an SQLite database containing street/city names with a single lat/long coordinate for each one. Once you have a lat/long, you can quickly search the OSM Mobile Binary files to find the rest of the metadata related to that entry.

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In terms of licensing, it's creative commons/share alike. You need to give clear attribution to openstreetmap.org somewhere in your app, and any modifications to the map data must be released under the same or equivalent license (your actual app can be any license). See the OSM wiki for more specific details.

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var format = new OpenLayers.Format.SLD();
OpenLayers.Request.GET({
    url: "yoursldfile.sld",
    success: sldparser
});
function sldparser(req) {
    sld = format.read(req.responseXML || req.responseText);
    styles = sld.namedLayers.interpreted.userStyles[0];
    building_vec.styleMap.styles.default = styles;
}

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