Nearby places in open street map in android

Question

How can I show the nearby places like police station, restaurant in open street maps . I am using this library to integrate open street map in my android app. The way I integrate this library is following

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    Context ctx = getApplicationContext();
    //important! set your user agent to prevent getting banned from the osm servers
    Configuration.getInstance().load(ctx, PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(ctx));
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    MapView map = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.map);
    map.setTileSource(TileSourceFactory.DEFAULT_TILE_SOURCE);
    map.setUseDataConnection(true);
    map.setBuiltInZoomControls(true);
    map.setMultiTouchControls(true);
    IMapController mapController = map.getController();
    mapController.setZoom(14);
    GeoPoint startPoint = new GeoPoint(48.8583, 2.2944);
    mapController.setCenter(startPoint);
}

Answer 1

You can use osmbonuspack to download nearby POIs via OverpassAPIProvider . For deciding which POIs to download look at OSM's map features and corresponding keys like amenity , shop , leisure and so on.