# OpenStreetBlock

<https://github.com/fruminator/openstreetblock>

- Host: [github.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/github.com/)
- Saved: April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07T18:02:51Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5eb4b2d8e1c7/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5eb4b2d8e1c7.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

OpenStreetBlock is a web service for turning a given lat/lon coordinate into a textual description of the actual city block to which the coordinate points using OpenStreetMap data.

## Facts

- Kind: [Repository](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/repository/)
- Repository: fruminator/openstreetblock: Simple web service for turning a lat/lon into a block name (e.g. "5th avenue between president st and union st") using OpenStreetMap data
- About the repository: PHP, 56 stars, last push May 1, 2011
- Homepage: <http://transit.frumin.net/openstreetblock>

## Same host

- [DanielRapp/Noisy - GitHub](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/de1b4b7cc8ad/) (github.com, March 7, 2011)
- [altercation/solarized at master - GitHub](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b758b1cad960/) (github.com, April 1, 2011)
- [timeline-setter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/86c6740afd2b/) (github.com, April 7, 2011)
- [gitx](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e3903610b723/) (github.com, April 21, 2011)
- [sample](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1389535a63c4/) (github.com, May 12, 2011)

## Saved the same week

- [Facebook Promotes Social E-Commerce](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/448d5659a8e4/) (bits.blogs.nytimes.com, April 7, 2011)
- [Video Game Retailer GameStop Opens For Business On Facebook](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/36e526cb393f/) (techcrunch.com, April 7, 2011)
- [The Montessori Mafia](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c644f5e76242/) (blogs.wsj.com, April 7, 2011)
- [Which Open Source License?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2fddadd9aaed/) (cl.ly, April 7, 2011)
- [Introduction to Node.js with Ryan Dahl](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/266dbdd21ce0/) (ontwik.com, April 7, 2011)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://github.com/fruminator/openstreetblock