GSoC/GCI Archive
Google Summer of Code 2010 OpenStreetMap

Point of Interest search and presentation

by Mitja Kleider for OpenStreetMap

Provide a collection of tools for POI look-up (by location and/or text search) and presentation (clickable map overlay, human readable list). Most important part of the project is a high performance, live POI API that can be used by web applications, desktop applications and mobile devices.