OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world. The data is free, and free of legal and technical restrictions. OpenStreetMap is often shorted to OSM.
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Creating drive time polygons using open source tools
Is anyone using open source tools and/or data to generate drive time polygons that radiate out from a given location? For example, I have used ESRI products like Network Analyst and Business Analyst ...
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Why don't my Shapefiles and OSM data overlap in Quantum GIS?
So I'm pretty new to GIS, and I'm working on a mapping project using data for Vancouver, Canada. I want to combine Open Street Map data along with data provided by the City of Vancouver. But the City ...
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Downloading OpenStreetMap Data
Is there a straightforward way to download data from OpenStreetMap (OSM)?
Using North America as an example, I realize Cloudmade (http://downloads.cloudmade.com/north_america) and geofabrik ...
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Where to get street data in an importable format?
I don't want to use WMS layers, but to actually store the data in my local server, where can I find street data from the world?
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How would I draw and visualize custom maps based on OSM data?
I would like to be able to use openstreetmap data for a specific region as a source and "draw" from that the map of infrastructure improvements - mostly roads.
I want it to be self-hosted (not ...
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Standard SLDs for OpenStreetMaps?
We have downloaded OSM data for our region and loaded them into PostGIS using osm2pgsql. So far so good. On top we have GeoServer and we would like to expose the OSM data using WMS. We would as well ...
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Creating a custom OpenStreetMap tile server
I'd like to create a map tile server based on the entire OSM planet database for a project I'm working on. I've worked with a couple of guides to try getting something up and running, but haven't ...
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OpenStreetMap content in commercial applications
I was considering the use of the OpenStreetMap API to retrieve vector features and combine them with other source data through a commercial tool. However, OpenStreetMap uses the Creative Commons ...
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Open source tool for point/node conflation/matching?
The Question
Are there any open source tools for conflating (matching) two layers of point (node) data?
Motivation
I'm particularly interested in using such a tool to sync data with OpenStreetMap, ...
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How to find a point half way between two other points?
I'm working on implementing the OSM Mobile Binary format for map data, and because it uses a 16 bit delta for each point along a way, it cannot represent a way if there is a large distance between two ...
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Render vectors from OSM data in POSTGIS database
I'm a newbie when it comes to mapping application. I had successfully loaded my OpenstreetMap data in a Postgresql/PostGIS database. Now my problem is how to render the vector data (the POI's, ways, ...
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How to overcome field truncation when converting OSM to shapefile with QGIS?
I am trying to convert an OpenStreetMap file into a shapefile, but I am having problems with the "tags" field being cut-off after 80 characters. With QGIS 1.4, I use the OpenStreetMap plugin to 'Load ...
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How is EPSG:4326 data 'projected' in a 2D map?
I like to think I'm relatively well-versed in datums, projections, and coordinate reference systems, so if this is a stupid question I will suffer eternal shame.
OpenStreetMap data is stored in WGS84 ...
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What is the best API to use GeoTools or uDig (for the context of my application)?
I am trying to develop a java application that displays : Google maps, Openstreetmap and Bing Map Data.
So which is the best SDK to use in this contet Geotools or uDig ?
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How to get the Lat, Long of a clicked location using Leaflet API?
I am using OSM with leaflet API. Now i want to get the lat and long of a clicked location. I meant something similar to this. ex: http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/click.html
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How to overlay WMS layer on OSM maps?
I am using OSM/Google maps and WMS Layers. Now I want to know how my WMS will overlay on this map. I am using the following code for that:
function init()
{
map = new ...
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How to control what kind of tags / flags are imported with osm2po?
With the help of osm2po, I have successfully inserted the contents of the italian files (italy.osm.pbf) in a pgrouting-enabled database (postgresql 8.4)
It displays fine in Qgis, using rule based ...
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How to skip drag event to stop a feature being dragged
I am new to OpenLayers and I'm trying to drag markers and skip some markers from being dragged, I've tried dragFeature.deactivate(); it will deactivate entire features
please help me.
Please check ...
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Tilecache + Mapnik + Apache generates incomplete tiles (missing layers)
I have TileCache + Mapnik working with a custom osm.xml stylesheet. When I run tilecache_http_server.py the tiles are served OK. But when I run TileCache under Apache (with mod_wsgi) I see incomplete ...
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Are there open access terrain tiles with a permissive license like OSM?
Are there open access terrain pyramidal map tiles with a permissive usage license like OpenStreetMap's? I'm building aviation-related maps with Polymaps and need a good raster basemap. The Google ...
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How to Add OSM Layer to QGIS
How can i add OSM layer in QGIS?
The help says there is an OSM plugin i can use. But i don't see it the list of plugins.
Or maybe there is a WMS URL for OSM i can use?
QGIS version ...
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EPSG 3857 or 4326 for GoogleMaps, OpenStreetMap and Leaflet
The discussion at What is the difference between WGS84 and EPSG4326? shows that 4326 is just the EPSG identifier of WGS84..
Wikipedia entries for Google Maps and OpenStreetMap shows that they both ...
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Where can I download the metro (subway) stations of Paris from OpenStreetMap?
Just getting acquainted with OSM (OpenStreetMap), so this might be a total newbie question, but I'm looking for OSM Point of Interest data of all metro-stations in Paris.
I'm sure this info should ...
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Is there an open source tool for both road network analysis and geocoding?
Is there any one open source software package that can perform both road network analysis and geocoding?
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What GIS application can open and use .osm files?
A quick question that I don't see an answer to elsewhere: if I download a .osm dataset from Planet.osm (for example) which GIS applications could consume/display this data without translation?
For ...
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Rendering custom OpenStreetMaps style (land=white, water=black): do I need a dedicated computer just to do this?
EDIT: My goal is NOT to use OpenStreetMap or cloudmade as a web map. I described exactly what I want ("a full, rasterized set of tiles for the entire world at zoom=10 (around 68 Gigapixels, ...
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How is raw OSM data processed for openstreetmap.org
Can anyone provide insight into how OSM data is processed or rendered for www.openstreetmap.org?
A specific example... I extracted data from a recent planet.osm PostGIS dataset for an area in ...
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How to set up an OSM server with TileCache and Mapnik?
I have been trying for two and a half weeks so far to get a local copy of OpenStreetMap running on a server. I have downloaded the planet file and imported it into a PostGIS database called 'osm'. I ...
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How to make routable OSM map
I have some routable data for testing my pgRouting functions, and everything is fine. Now I have to download some more countries from OSM. I downloaded Germany shape files, but OSM maps are not ...
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How to serve OSM Tiles on Windows?
Was hoping I could just extract tiles into a local file system, point IIS at it and be done but I guess that is not the reality of Open Street Map. I'm getting buried in all the possible ways of ...
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Using OSM data, pgRouting, and dummy data to develop an origin/destination travel matrix
Further to my previous question I was wondering if it is possible to add dummy node data without to do routing analysis.
ISSUE
I have a polygon layer that represents zonal attributes
I created a ...
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Starting a GIS project in java with OSM data
I am starting a new GIS project in Java. Till now, I used JTS and geotools to load shape files - these data were then displayed on a swing interface. For this new project, I would like to use OSM ...
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How to adjust the difference between the coordinate from OpenStreetMap and Google Maps
I have downloaded the OSM from OpenStreeMap that came with all nodes from the map and their respective coordinates. Now I have to plot a node (latitude and longitude) on Google Maps, but all ...
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How to add offsets to the route?
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I want to ilustrate my question. Suppose that you're in "Point A" and want to go to "Point B". This points wouldn't be in "at_2po_4pgr" table cause aren't source/targets nodes.
Then, I ...
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Add a OpenStreetMaps road data layer on Google Maps API v3
I've successfully embedded a Google Maps API v3 map on my site, and added OpenStreetMaps (OSM) as the base layer. Is it possible to use Google's tiles as the base layer, and then overlay street data ...
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How to load OSM data into PostGIS preserving all Tags?
I am new to the field of GIS and am trying to view source tags in OSM. I have downloaded the shapefiles from http://downloads.cloudmade.com and have loaded them into Postgres. When I view the data, I ...
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Obtaining *rendered* OSM data
I'd like to produce a simple walking map with some points of interest. Ideally, I'd like to use the rendered OSM data, as you can get from the page. Using the QGIS OSM plugin, I can only download a ...
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US Tiger or Open Street Map Route Data: One Way Street & Intersection Data
We're building a U.S. street routing application (finding paths for cars between two or more locations using public roads) and would like to use open source data US Tiger Data or Open Street Map or ...
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Reverse Geocoding Libraries
I'm new to GIS and mapping services.
Can anyone tell me what my options are for reverse-geocoding libraries, other than nominatim? I'm most likely going to be working with OpenStreetMap data. So ...
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Can you use OpenStreetMap tiles in ArcGIS 9.3.1?
I was hoping to use ESRI's ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap to view OpenStreetMap data in ArcMap, but my organization hasn't upgraded to version 10 yet.
I also know about ArcBruTile, but I prefer not ...
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Is there a way to locally add links to an OSM data set
Here's what I'm trying to do:
I'm modeling some transportation logistics data
I want to test the effects of a "new highway" on existing travel demand
The new road will be created from an arbitrary ...
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How to use OSM xml extracts? Can I make an offline app in Android using OSM?
I'm new to OpenStreetMaps. I have followed their wiki/main page and tried to understand it.
Can anyone briefly explain how exactly OSM xml data works and how it is rendered? ...Any links /pointers ...
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Routing Application in Windows
I am making an routing web application similar to Google Maps 'Get Direction' feature. But because of the limited control and data on GMaps, I decided to use OpenStreetMap instead. This also made me ...
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Howto setup osm2psql
I'm following these instructions to setup osm2psql . I need it to import osm data file inside a PostGIS DB.
The following steps worked fine:
createdb -E UTF8 -O user mydb
createlang plpgsql mydb
I ...
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OSM To Postgis & WGS84 problems
I’m trying to import OpenStreetMap (OSM) data into postGIS it doesn’t appear to be working in that features do not appear to be in the correct place..
Using the QGIS OSM add in and a coastal shape ...
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Trip travel matrix on OSM data
Here's my situation:
I'm modeling travel logistics
I have 1,000 nodes, on my road network
I'd like to generate the minimum driving time distance between all these nodes
This process will be done 24 ...
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OpenStreetMap tiles not loaded despite being received
While using OpenLayers to load OpenStreetMap, I observe that part of the map would sometimes be covered with blank pink tiles. I searched and found similar complaints with solutions suggesting the ...
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Why is osm road data showing up with lines radiating from a point?
My openstreetmap data has artifacts that I can't seem to get rid of. It is showing the roads underneath the artifacts so I know that the query is working at least partially.
The data is from ...
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Problems printing OpenLayers Pluggin Maps To Scale
It the print composer I can print all maps to scale and satisfactory.
However, when I add the OpenLayer, usually Bing Aerial, to the project I cannot print it out to scale.
I click the scale box, ...
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From pgRouting shortest_path back to osm node id
I'm successfully performing path finding queries like shortest_path on data imported with osm2pgrouting.
The tables I have inside my pgrouting DB are the following:
List of relations
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