[HN Gopher] A POI database in one line
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       A POI database in one line
        
       Author : dbreunig
       Score  : 50 points
       Date   : 2024-04-18 21:14 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | pininja wrote:
       | These POIs appear to come with a permissive license too [1].
       | 
       | > 1.2. This agreement does not impose any restriction on a Data
       | Recipient's use, modification, or sharing...
       | 
       | Be sure to read the rest of the license and as always, follow the
       | attribution requirements and licenses of open map data sources.
       | 
       | [1] https://docs.overturemaps.org/release-notes/data-
       | attribution...
        
         | dbreunig wrote:
         | Yes it does: CDLA. A big deal, we hope it unlocks lots of new
         | creations.
        
       | qwertox wrote:
       | `python3 -m pip install -U overturemaps` (as specified in the
       | README) -> "ERROR: No matching distribution found for
       | overturemaps"
       | 
       | > ERROR: Ignored the following versions that require a different
       | python version: 0.1.0 Requires-Python <4.0,>=3.11; 0.2.0
       | Requires-Python <4.0,>=3.11; 0.3.0 Requires-Python <4.0,>=3.11
       | 
       | > ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement
       | overturemaps (from versions: none)
       | 
       | > ERROR: No matching distribution found for overturemaps
       | 
       | So the new 0.3.0 requires at least Python 3.11, which seems
       | excessively high, probably expecting the use of Conda
       | (PackagesNotFoundError) or Nix (No packages found).
        
         | cl3misch wrote:
         | Or simply not Ubuntu 22.04? You could also install new Python
         | via conda, then overturemaps with pip.
        
         | jwass wrote:
         | Just updated to min Python version 3.8. We didn't actually
         | intend for folks to use it just yet but it's simple enough.
        
           | qwertox wrote:
           | Thank you.
        
       | simonw wrote:
       | Surprising how much useful geographic information can be had from
       | some of the larger LLMs.
       | 
       | I frequently use ChatGPT with GPT-4 and Code Interpreter for
       | little GIS experiments. Having it generate a CSV or SQLite
       | database with a bunch of cities each with an accurate-enough
       | latitude and longitude is pretty convenient.
        
       | tingletech wrote:
       | "POI" expands to what, Place of Interest?
        
         | dbreunig wrote:
         | Point of Interest.
        
       | urbandw311er wrote:
       | I guess any number of piped commands are "just one line" if you
       | never type a carriage return...
        
         | 28mm wrote:
         | Any amount of carriage returns would still amount to one line.
         | A newline character is needed.
        
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