Thanks Rory, We hadn't realised GeoFabrik had begun providing the history files. This is really useful.
I've used Jochen Topf's https://github.com/joto/osm-history-splitter tool to split these history file dumps before. Peter On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 8:28 AM, Rory McCann <r...@technomancy.org> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've never done what you suggest > > But Geofabrik now provides full history dump files for Ireland (and > all others). It might be helpful if you miss a day of a download. You > probably need to use other tools to split that into different file formats > > http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/ireland-and-northern-ireland.html > > On 02/03/17 20:07, Peter Mooney wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > At the Dept of Computer Science here in Maynooth University I > > currently have two undergraduate students working with me on an > > internship project. One of the key tasks in this project is to > > update existing data and contribute new data to OpenStreetMap in > > the University. Our focus is mapping the changes around the two > > campus from local knowledge and on-the-ground survey. So we are > > mapping everything from our new buildings to litter bins, trees, > > lampposts and sundials! In summary Barry [ > > http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?barry23] and Stephen [ > > http://hdyc.neis-one.org/?Stephen_Fay] have really embraced the > > challenge. > > > > On a daily basis we have a Python script which downloads the OSM > > XML for Maynooth and stores this file. > > > > At the end of their project (late April) we'd like to create a > > visualization of the changes in the University OpenStreetMap map - > > maybe on a weekly basis (or even daily) - for the duration of the > > internship. > > > > Has anyone on the IE list done this before? Can anyone give us > > some pointers on what the best approach should be? We're > > considering Mapnik and Maperative. Something we could script with > > Python or similar would be great. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Peter _______________________________________________ Talk-ie > > mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJYuSlIAAoJEOrWdmeZivv2AWwH/A/nMgCqoG2/94ZtG2zPjRTx > XN8qrZITVodPTHaT52N9i+JZL1zI2fY2PYR7Z3sTHVxqepyQIiclqvbzFodgfwJb > urs9Jq7zuS74XTWH1ra5uIFBumZRphthHpiUsOBDJ32Yrw8JOkUkKKh8m0LxS3Eu > xJ+Z2MCot+3VBAH3H7NOrJw+85Jhwq3+dILImC59uZobVuJbNKlr+DrmNPajf6r4 > OfvHE8Gpuv4DxgftPzyRm+qHosrcLBem9JDmhAUPDNWz3RkEyr6hXPd09vTSt8KD > SNdV1nbj2nRzo3GTYJHjRZxk36QryCC8Ra4BKJXgIIoQiC8JpwimlEvYhHw2LOk= > =uFk6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ie mailing list > Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie > _______________________________________________ Talk-ie mailing list Talk-ie@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ie