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OpenEcoMaps :: use the data

Using the map on your web site

There are two ways to use these maps on your web site.

Embedding the map

The first and most simple way is to simply embed the map in an iframe. If you can add HTML content, you can add this:

<iframe height="500px" width="100%" src="http://www.openecomaps.org/map_embed.php">
<p>Your browser does not support iframes.</p>
</iframe>

To centre the map on your area of interest, with the layers you want activated, navigate to your preferred default view on the embeddable map and copy the "Permalink" URL in the bottom right of the map. Then replace the URL in the iframe with that URL, removing the permalink=1 from the URL.

Using KML files

Alternatively, you can use the KML feeds for each layer to embed anywhere you like. They are:

Getting the raw data

You can download the raw data we are using direct from the OpenStreetMap servers using the eXtended API. Read that wiki page to understand how to use it. To give you a head start, here is a query that will download all the power generators in the Greater London area or the UK:

http://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/*[power=generator][bbox=-0.51,51.20,0.35,51.80] (Greater London)
http://xapi.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/*[power=generator][bbox=-6.5,49.68,2.67,61.31] (UK)

Once you have the data - provided in the OpenStreetMap XML format - you can play with that or convert it into other formats.

You can also download complete dumps of OpenStreetMap data as other formats including Shapefiles. See these pages for shapefiles, SVG graphics and other formats.