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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Node rating like in Google Places?

Is there any tool or node/way tag in openstreetmap to obtain a POI rate as with the Google Places service ?(here nodes/places have a label/tag with the rating. e.g. <rating>3.2</rating>) ...
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Improve database performance for geospatial

I have a database with osm data imported with osmosis tool. I want to search for the nearest POIs from a given point. For this purpose, I perform this query: select id from nodes where ...
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Filter by specific amenity in OSM

I'm new to maps, and have been searching for the past couple of hours how to get started with OpenStreetMaps without much success. What I would like is a spreadsheet with the coordinates, names and ...
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How to improve positioning of images taken with GPS and Gyro info?

I'm sort of 'recreating' google street view with MIT right now. We have a car with a camera on top and we're driving at 10mph down a road. As we drive we're shooting pictures at 30fps and each photo ...
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How to make zooming for OpenStreetMap in OpenLayers more sensitive to mouse wheel scrolling?

I have been testing OpenLayers for a while and I notice that the scrolling on OpenStreetMap layer does not make the map zoom in or out as much as I would like it to be. On most occasions, I am only ...
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How to get an older version of OpenStreetMap data?

For some reason in the map of the Dominican Republic's Capital there are a bunch of streets which doesn't have any names. I had an OSM file which I downloaded ealier this year which did have those ...
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How to add information to openstreetmap data?

I would like to add information to openstreetmap (routes,POI) but in a local version not to the version that is deployed on the web. So how can I do that ?
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How can I split an osm file into separated files with poly files using osmosis?

I have got a country.osm file and I want to split it alongside of admin_level=8. I extracted previously ~3.000 poly files into a separated folder. I have batch script, that split them, if I give the ...
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Create a consistent topology using pgrouting

I'm developing an application that needs routing information for certain cities. First, I downloaded a openstreetmap datafile (*.osm) and then I imported it into a postgreSQL database using ...
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What is the best server to deploy openstreetmaps? [closed]

What is the best server to deploy OpenStreetMap in a local machine ?
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osmosis merge: second input file being ignored, output is duplicate of first input file

I am trying to merge some .osm files. After looking at various examples online, I'm still having trouble. The command completes without error and there is an output file. However, the output file ...
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Is there an opensource software to route openstreetMap data based on database?

I have a project that consists in aggregate traffic information on OpenStreetMap for routing proposes. My first idea is to use the OSM data from the region on a database, so I can aggregate the ...
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Load .osm.pbf file in Qgis

How can i do that ? On Linux or Windows ? The more simplest variant, if it exists. .osm.pbf it`s the extension for Openstreetmap extract that i get from a site that takes dayly extracts from osm
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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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Can OpenStreetMap be used as a WMS service in MapServer?

I want to produce a png image that uses OpenStreetMap data and has a vector overlaid on the base data. I am able to produce the vector overlay from within Mapserver, but I have difficulty ...
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Why is toolbox of ArcGIS Editor for OpenStreetMap 2.0 not in ArcToolbox of ArcGIS 10.0?

I'm using ArcGIS 10.0 and I tried to install ArcGIS Editor for OSM (version 2.0) on ArcGIS But I couldn't make my ArcToolbox list the tools that ArcGIS Editor for OSM should've installed. Any ideas ...
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How to change projection for layer?

i use two seperate datasource for my layers: sql database for main map data, this is using EPSG:900913 osm file for some extra features, this data use EPSG:4326 projection tiles for both layers ...
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How to serve OpenStreetMap Tiles locally using ArcGIS Server 10?

We want to serve OpenStreetMap Tiles locally using ArcGis Server 10 to use as base maps in our ESRI Silverlight and Flex GIS clients. We've downloaded our regions OSM file and created PNGs using ...
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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 get spatialite_osm_net from spatialite

I am using windows 7. I downloaded spatialite-tools (precompiled) from the following site. But there is no "spatialite_osm_net" tool available. For one of my project I was trying to convert the OSM ...
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How do you create Revision Table in Arcmap for OSM contribution?

I have created the following detailed file for upload to OSM in ArcMap but don't know about creating a OSM Revision Table to be able to put the data into OSM. At 1:10,000 At 1:1000 The tool ...
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USGS Topographic Map Online API

I am creating a website for a non-profit organization and would like to plot points on a map similar to this: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=931d892ac7a843d7ba29d085e0433465 I am currently ...
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In osm2pgsql how is the planet_osm_roads table populated?

I'm using osm2pgsql to populate a North America OSM database from planet.osm. I like how simple the resulting PostGIS schema is, but I'm a bit confused by its contents. I have the two tables ...
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How to create a simple drop down box in openlayers?

I am trying to place a simple drop down box above the open street maps. Can some one guide me how to achieve this... I know we need to make use of open layers.... i tried to create a button with below ...
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Why are selected features not highlighted in OSM layers?

I am experienced with GIS, but new to QGIS and Opensource data. I recently opened an Open Street Map (osm) file in QGIS 1.8 (on Kubuntu 12.04). I found that when I selected a feature, there was no ...
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Limit Zooming Geometry Features in OpenLayers

I draw flag feature on my map as follows: myVectorLayer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Flag Geometry", { renderers: renderer, isBaseLayer: true, projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"), ...
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Is there a location where one can download all of the gpx files for OSM?

Where can I download all the gpx file in OSM.org website? Is there a package include all the gpx file? I don't want to download these gpx files one by one...
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Open Street Map “no map for: default”

I'm hitting my head off a wall! I Have installed renderd and mapnik on Debain squeeze v6.0.5. Renderd(version 0.7.1) is starting without error. But when I request the /osm_tiles2/0/0/0.png . The ...
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How to export objects from wikimapia to openstreetmap?

How to export objects (buildings, houses) from wikimapia to openstreetmap? What is the way?
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Maperitive: howto add a new rule-set

Maperitive, a desktop osm renderer, stores its rulesets for rendering in a subfolder called "Rules" - at least when running under windows. I tried to generate my own rules (or to be more honest I ...
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Generating tiles for osm/esri shapefiles

I've generated tiles for OpenStreetMap .OSM files using Maperitive and quickly consumed them with leaflet (with no tile cache yet). I'm now looking for the right and simple way to to that also with ...
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How to draw parallel or curved labels for OSM data in QGIS?

I'm trying to recreate a Google style map using OpenStreetMap data and QGIS. I've been following underdarks many wonderful guides but am getting stuck at the labels. The OSM data was taken from ...
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Is there a recipe for large shape files to be used in an Android App?

I am very new to GIS and I am diving into cartography and mapping because of an Android App that I am currently developing. I want to display environmental data, more precisely noise pollution data on ...
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OpenStreetMap XAPI request for “Member Of”

I'm trying to find a way to request public transportation info from the OSM XAPI. Those nodes can be best described as: highway = * member of = ( route = bus ) Is that even possible to do over the ...
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PgRouting: Driving_distance() or shootingstar_sp()?

I use OSM data imported into PgRouting database. I developped a web application with a map to use OSM data. I trace routes using shooting_star_sp() function. For example, to have time cost between ...
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How to get map to parse input bounds as degrees?

I just started to learn Open Map and I am having some difficulty working with the API. This may look trivial, but please bear with me. I am trying to get Open Map to display a region of the map ...
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Making an access plan with openstreetmap

What tool would be best to create an access plan (with directions written on roads, local zooms, etc.) from OpenStreetMap (preferably using the MapQuest Open map)?
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OSM Map projection doesn't seem to change

I have the following OpenLayers map: Proj4js.defs["EPSG:31258"] = "+proj=tmerc +lat_0=0 +lon_0=13.33333333333333 +k=1 +x_0=450000 +y_0=-5000000 +ellps=bessel ...
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Can I use Google Maps API and substitute Openstreet map as base layer?

This Question is based on below requirements. 1 - our application will need to use functionalities of Google Maps API like custom marker/Info pop up/Routing etc. 2 - our application wants to use ...
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Data sources for real road speeds

A data question really, though there may be a useful geo-processing solution. Context: I am calculating "drivetime" catchment areas using PgRouting and OSM / OSM2PO. If my employer/client is to ...
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Method to compute and visualize the closest set of facilities from OSM data

I want to use OSM to extract a set of facilities e.g. school, park, hospital inside a given region. from that, transform the area in grid and for each cell in a grid compute its score mixing the ...
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Can I load a country-size OSM file in QGIS?

I've tried several ways to display OSM data in QGIS, but none of them really worked well for me. For example, I've tried WMS layer, but when I try to print high resolution, it won't give me enough ...
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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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Why is osm2pgrouting not importing?

I installed pgrouting successfully and did a little import with a 20Mb file. Works good! Now I'm trying to import a file with the size of a country and it doesn't even start to import. The last 2 ...
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why there are links in streets table on navteq with zero value in the FEAT_ID field?

I have too many links with FEAT_ID = 0. Those links are transitable ways, but in the navteqs tables the associate FEAT_ID value is 0. Also, the street name and other fields are in 0. What does this ...
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Openlayers 2.12 + Firefox 15 = OSM Layer not showing

I know it's due to the new Access-Control-Allow-Origin in OL 2.12, but it is still not functional to me. I've followed instructions on here on stackoverflow. Firefox version 15.0.1 Apache2 config ...
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Leaflet markers do not open popup on click (with markerclusterer)

I just started using Leaflet and Marker Clusterer to organize the markers. Problem #1: When an unclustered marker is clicked, no popup appears. Problem #2: When a cluster is clicked several times, ...
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Is there a way to show the direction of a route?

I use pgrouting and openstreetmaps .I would like to know if there is a way to show the direction of the route on the map (eg something like this ---->---- or any other way,idea) Thanks in advance.
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Is it possible to display filtered results on OpenStreetMap?

is it possible to goto www.openstreetmap.org and do a search for a place like Auckland (New Zealand) or Melbourne (Australia) -but- only show Cities or Neighbourhoods or Suburbs? I understand that ...
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Relevant data for cost attribute to calculate route time

I have imported OSM data into PgRouting database. I would like to use driving_distance() function to calculate route time. How to add relevant time cost into database ? Thanks

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