Programming GPS and OpenStreetMap Applications with Java

8.3. Networking 113

Logically, all links are embedded in the <way>s. Thus, the compiler

can traverse through all ways to extract links. The original OSM <way>s

will not be written back to the output. The input stream is then closed,

while the output stream is left open and waiting for the new <way>s, now

becoming <link>s:

parseOSM()

loadWay( element )

identifyWay( element, keyValPattern )

ways[feature].add( way )

Each network has its own distribution of nodes:

nodeDistribution[0]: <nodeID,times>

---------+-----

: :

-95=2

21293824=1

77=3

255076555=2

-147=2

: :

After parseOSM(), the input file has served its purpose, while the output

file was only filled with the original ...