[Qgis-developer] OSM address search

[Tim Sutton]

Hi


On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:21 PM, p0cisk <p0cisk at o2.pl> wrote:

> Hi all
> +1 for Tim idea.
> Some time ago I was thinking about further development of osmSearch plugin.
> I created widget similar to Firefox search box with possibility to select
> search engine. I was thinking about separate panel (like in osmSearch) but
> this widget can be also added to new QGIS toolbar as Tim mentioned [0].
>
> These are some of my ideas (similar to Tim suggestions):
> - user can choose many search engines (by selecting them in menu/settings)
> - user can assign key word to search engine and perform searching only in
> chosen engine (e.g.. "m search_phrase" for MapQuest search)
> - results are displayed in tree view (in separate panel) with root as
> search
> engine e.g.:
>
> + OSM Nominatim
> |- Result 1
> |- Result 2
> |- ...
> + MapQuest Nominatim
> |- Result 1
> |- ...
> + ...
>
> - items in tree view can be set/unset visible on canvas by clicking
> checkbox
> (including all groups)
> - new search engines could be created as new python modules (plugins
> architecture) inheriting from base search class (I think this could also
> allow to search data sources in loaded layers/hard drives/web/OGC
> standards/etc.)
> - more autocomplete control by user
> - pan/zoom to selected feature, limit extent
>
> Other functionalities, like reverse geocoding or displaying result details
> in widget, are also a good ideas that can be implemented. Any other
> suggestions/ideas?
>
> For now, to mid January, I have very limited time to take care of this
> ideas. Later this month I can try to do some work.
>
> [0] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63594228/QGIS_search.png
>
>

Yes everything you have described is exactly what I was hoping we could see
in QGIS - if you ever get time to work on this I would be very happy to see
it included as a core functionality of QGIS!

Regards

Tim



> Regards
> Piotr Pociask
>
>
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