I am new to deal with OSM data, and I want to download only .osm files not .pbf. I tried geofabrik.com but it provides .osm.pbf file format
- where can I download .osm files?
- is there any recommended way to convert .osm files to .xml?
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As per the Tour please ask only one question per question. Also, this seems to be a duplicate of gis.stackexchange.com/q/172177/115.– PolyGeo ♦Dec 9, 2015 at 10:47
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It is not duplicate of gis.stackexchange.com/questions/172177/… in any way shape or form. gis.stackexchange.com/questions/172177/… is about problem with osmfilter setup.– reducing activityDec 12, 2018 at 19:55
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- where can I download .osm files
Just go again to Geofabrik to get files with extension .osm.bz2: it's .osm files compressed using .bz2 (it's like .zip but with an alternate compression).
After getting .osm.bz2, uncompress them. You will get the .osm files.
- is there any recommended way to convert
.osmfiles to.xml?
There are no conversion step to xml: an .osm file is an xml file (open it with a text editor and look the first line). You misunderstand relationship between extensions and serialisation (XML).
