# openpoiservice

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## [Searching POI along a polyline](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/searching-poi-along-a-polyline/472)

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**Author:** [@uerlings](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/uerlings)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/searching-poi-along-a-polyline/472 "2019-04-24T21:52:06Z")

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Hi! Is it possible to add an information with POI feature properties tellling which side (left or right) of polyline POI is located? This would help, for instance, selecting gas stations that are on the same road side …

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## [Openpoiservice and QGIS](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openpoiservice-and-qgis/411)

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**Author:** [@theDemnex](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/theDemnex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openpoiservice-and-qgis/411 "2019-04-10T14:56:32Z")

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Hi all, I was wondering whether it’s possible to use Openpoiservice within QGIS like the isochrones. For example if I’m generating isochrones that I’m able to collect the pois within the isochrone shape. Is there any …

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## [Using POIS with LineString](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/using-pois-with-linestring/182)

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**Author:** [@uerlings](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/uerlings)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/using-pois-with-linestring/182 "2019-01-03T13:54:06Z")

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Hi! I´ve tried POIS with LineString instead of Point and got an error message about distance (meters) of LineString is greater than allowed. How long can be the LineString supplied? The LIneString will be based on ge…

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## [POIS service error message](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/pois-service-error-message/168)

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**Author:** [@uerlings](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/uerlings)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/pois-service-error-message/168 "2018-12-27T19:25:28Z")

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Hi! I´m trying to use the example from API Playground and all I get is error\_message:500 What am I doing wrong? ---- Extract ---- \<?php $ch = curl\_init(); curl\_setopt($ch, CURLOPT\_URL, "https://api.openrouteservice.…

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## [Searching bus stops along route](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/searching-bus-stops-along-route/64)

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**Author:** [@topekan](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/topekan)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 13, 2018, 3:19pm UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/searching-bus-stops-along-route/64 "2018-12-13T15:19:59Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to use openpoiservice to locate all bus stops and stations (category ids 587 and 588) along a route (linestring), but I don’t see any results. It seems to work fine for other category ids under “transport…

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