On 13/02/2008, Fire Girl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you so much Shaun! May I ask,.... what is most straightforward > procedure to delineate the planet.osm file, to specified regions.... let's > say New York or the United States for starters? :) I am most interested in > that approach, that isn't too convoluted or difficult per-se, and produces > clean data :)
osmxapi is a useful tool for downloading the data for a pre-defined area only. it is defined by a square bounding box, using lat/lon coordinates, or by element types (hospital, roads, rivers, etc.) the area in question is generated as a .osm file, on the fly http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osmxapi country specific pages on the wiki may detail the bounding boxes necessary for certain arbitrary pre-defined areas. for instance for nz, there is one listed on the nz wiki page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/WikiProject_New_Zealand#new_zealand.osm have a look at the projects category page for the area you want, they may have details http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Category:Projects > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Shaun McDonald" > To: "Fire Girl" > Subject: Re: [OSM-dev] OSM Data Question from FireGirl > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:23:02 +0000 > > > > On 12 Feb 2008, at 22:39, Fire Girl wrote: > Hello, I am new to this group and hoping someone can help me. I like the > open street mapping concept and want to work with this data desperately in > my own pool. :) I basically have a couple of questions, > > *|*) Can OSM data be purchased in a database/table format? Or open source in > some big glob (huge) format? :-) > > If you wish to donate to the OpenStreetMap project to keep the servers > running, you are more than welcome to. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Planet.osm will > help you get the data. > > > ......secondly, well, mostly I am working with some new dev tools to work > with this data, ... and strongly prefer having my own as current as possible > data to work from. Anyone have any ideas how to get there? :-) > > Take a look at the Development page on our wiki. > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Develop > > It gives you all the information that you need. Our tools are open source, > so you can use them as long as you adhere to the GPL or whichever other > license is on the data. > > There is plenty more pages on the wiki that you will find useful. > > Shaun > > > Please contact me here or if you prefer privately at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > thank you!!! > Best wishes, > %FireGirl% > > > -- > Want an e-mail address like mine? > Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > > << smime.p7s >> > > -- > Want an e-mail address like mine? > Get a free e-mail account today at www.mail.com! > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev > > _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
