This repository has been archived by the owner on Oct 24, 2023. It is now read-only.
/
faq.php
49 lines (49 loc) · 2.37 KB
/
faq.php
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
<?php include('header.php'); ?>
<title>OpenPOI Registry FAQ</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="banner">
<span id="title"></span>
<span id="sub">Frequently Asked Questions</span>
</div>
<div class="ink-container">
<h1>Frequently Asked Questions</h1>
<p class="question">What is a POI?</p>
<p class="answer">POI is a common term for points of interest, or places of
interest. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_interest">Wikipedia's
definition</a> is pretty good.<br />
</p>
<p class="question">What is the OpenPOIs Registry?</p>
<p class="answer">A database of points of interest information containing
names and point locations for millions of businesses and civic places
across the globe. Access is free and the data is open to all to use.</p>
<p class="question">Why create yet another POI database?</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>We're all about connecting the Web:</strong> Most POI
databases are meant to provide rich, detailed information about the
places in their database. The intent of OpenPOI Registry is to be a
comprehensive directory of links to other POI databases having the
actual information about the places themselves. OpenPOI Registry is kind of
like a phone book for POIs. We don't store a lot of data. But we can
tell you the best places to get data.</li>
<li><strong>We love historians and researchers:</strong> OpenPOI Registry is the
only service committed to serving the needs of historical data. We will
support time-based queries and historical data storage, so that you can
find all the information about a place, not just what's there today.</li>
</ol>
<p class="question">How can I get the data?</p>
<p class="answer">The database can be queried by bounding box or by name via
simple WFS requests. Each POI also has an elegant, permanent, RESTful URI.<br />
</p>
<p class="question">What format is this data in?</p>
<p class="answer">All queries return data in either XML or JSON format
conforming to the <a href="http://www.w3.org/2010/POI/documents/Core/latest">draft
W3C POIWG specification</a>. <br />
</p>
<p class="answer"> <br />
<br />
</p>
<?php include('footer.php'); ?>
</div><!-- end ink-container -->
</body>
</html>