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I am a volunteer of the cultural public non-commercial project "Тарас шевченко єднає народи" ("Taras Shevchenko unites the people"). I was asked to calculate the total length of objects with the name "Shevchenko" in Ukraine. I need to write a program that:

  1. Make a complete list of settlements in Ukraine and put them in a table.
  2. In each locality will compile a list of linear objects with the name "Shevchenko" (streets, lanes, boulevards, avenues, highways, alleys) and put them in a table.
  3. For each such object will find the nodes of the object and put them in a table.
  4. For each such object, calculate the length of the object and add to the table.
  5. Sum all the resulting lengths.

I would be grateful for an explanation of how to find the necessary data in the OSM file, as well as for explaining the structure of the OSM file. I would be grateful for any help in writing up such a program. I will also be grateful for the help in finding similar programs.

asked 28 Jan '19, 16:45

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  1. is "javascript" (your tag) a requirement or just nice or unrelated?
  2. Is a "OSM file" as input (in your text) a requirement or just nice or not needed?
  3. Do you need do follow the 5 steps as outlined by you or would other approaches to the end result of the total length also satisfy your requirements?
(28 Jan '19, 20:11) aseerel4c26 ♦

I suspect the easiest way to do what you want is to actually setup a postgres/postgis database and import an extract of OSM data covering Ukrania with osm2pgsql.

Alternatively you could try to just extract the relevant data with overpass api/overpass turbo and sum it in a tool for example QGIS (maybe that is possible in overpass itself) see https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/42859/find-total-length-of-ways-within-a-region-in-overpass-turbo

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answered 29 Jan '19, 09:45

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