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 osm2pgsql tables in PostGIS database

I managed to partially setup osm2psql to work with my PostGIS DB. My DB contains now the following tables: Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+-------------------+-------+------- ...
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How to import datasets into OpenStreetMap?

A coworker of mine was recently given permission to import our local county government's GIS data into OpenStreetMap. I've made single edits on the OpenStreetMap site before, but I have never imported ...
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Setting OSM map data to aerial view in QGIS

I have just started playing around with my first GIS package, QGIS. I have successfully used Ordnance Survey Vector data to create maps but when I try importing maps from an OpenStreetMap export it ...
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sending a XAPI-Request to the API-Server - over http

pretty new to Geo-Informatics so do not bear with me if my questions sound like newbie-questions: can i do some requests on POIs of Openstreetmap with XAPI. doing like so: i send a request to the ...
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How to restart an osm2po service from a previous run?

I have followed underdark's clear and concise "how to" to get osm2po running. The web service is a great little tool for inspecting the data. Is there a way to restart the service using an existing ...
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ways to access and download the metadata of OpenStreetMaps

Does anyone know if there are any good methods or apps to access and download the metadata of OSM from desktop? Many thanks!
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How to filter OSM files based on tags using Osmosis?

I am working with .osm files and am trying to filter entities based on tags. I need to view only entities containing both source and attribution tags. I used the following to successfully filter all ...
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OpenLayers vs Leaflet for specific app

Could anybody give me some advice on which one should I use? OpenLayers or Leaflet I will implement OSM on a web-app for taxi management. The requirements for the map part are: Tracking of the ...
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Where can I get public transportation locations for USA

I am trying to find a list of all public transportation/transit locations like subway stations, airports, bus terminals and bus stops for USA. Only major transit locations are required, rural bus ...
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How to convert OSM data to a projected Coordinate system

What is the easiest way to get OSM data into a shapefile projected data format for QGIS? Sounds simple but I've run into problems with this before.
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Unreachable vertex

I'm developing an application for academic purposes that mainly gives to the user a recommended itinerary for a previously introduced preferences (Gastronomy, Leisure,etc.). For this purpose, I use ...
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ROAD COORDINATES Data (CARDIFF)

Does anyone know how to get road coordinates data from openstreetmaps? I know its possible I just don't know how. Thank you!!
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Downloading vector latlong boundary data of India's Telecom circles from Open street map?

I recently came across a couple of really useful sites for downloading vector latlong boundary data for free converts entered address into lat/long coordinates (has a batch mode): ...
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converted SHP to geoJSON - how to put this on OSM map?

I'm a beginner at this. I converted a shapefile to a .js file but I am having trouble adding this data to a map using leaflet. The osmscarb.js: var osmscarb = { "type": "FeatureCollection", ...
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Showing OpenStreetMap intersections in ArcMap

I'm trying to carry out a few tests on OpenStreetMap data to test its quality, using ArcGIS. One of the things I'd like to investigate involves checking that all road intersections are represented by ...
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calculate costs based on way difficulty

I am using Osm2Po to find routes between two points. I am trying to find routes based on the difficulty specified by the user. Basically, I would like to calculate the cost based on some parameter ...
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Column “osm_meta” in osm2po 4.6.9

What's the utility of *osm_meta* column in osm2po (Version: 4.6.9) generated data? Thanks in advance!
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OSM data imported. Next?

The data was imported using the following command: osmosis --read-pbf file="/usr/local/lib/geoserver-2.1.3/data_dir/argentina.osm.pbf" --write-pgsql database="argosm" password="1234.5" user="argosm" ...
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Not rendered pois on OpenStreetMap

There are a few poi that I can see on Josm that are not rendered to the final map. OSM database contains them at least for some month. I can' figure out why the doesn't appear on the map. Example poi ...
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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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How to find out what features /tags are included in an .osm or .pbf file?

I would like to load osm data into a postgis (postgresql) database. In How to load OSM data into PostGIS preserving all Tags? there has beeen a solution posted: Download the OSM files (in .osm ...
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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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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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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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OpenLayers WMS disappears when including OpenStreetMap

Setup: ArcSDE 9.3.2 Oracle 11g GeoServer 2.1.4 OpenLayers (latest build) OpenStreetMap InternetExplorer 7.0/ Google Chrome EDIT: I have updated information just below the screen shots ...
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Obtain address from PostGIS OSM data like Nominatim does?

We currently use the Nominatim service to do address lookups. We want to store the OSM data in our own servers as our usage gets higher. How do I calculate the address of a given coordinate, like ...
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A strange OSM tiles in Mapproxy

Could someone please help me with my issue? I try to use Mapproxy with OpenStreetMap server of tiles in order to get output WMS for my qgis client. Something like this: ... sources: arcgis_tms: ...
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Openlayers Css problem?

I have succeeded to show Openlayers map in my application, when i show css popup(not Openlayers Popup) map has to blank as the rest of the application. But Openlayers map is not getting blank. What ...
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How to reverse geocode without Google?

I have a basic tracking system i've written with OpenLayers using google and openstreetmap and I want to use geocoding to get street names etc However, I'm a bit confused. I was hoping there was a ...
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Collecting street data to populate a graph stucture for routing

I'm implementing a basic digraph with weighted edges for street routing in a small geo area (600mx600m). How and where can I get the required data to populate such a structure? I've been reading about ...
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Find all of the ways that intersect a linestring

I'm new to Open Street Map and PostGIS, and am trying to figure out how to find all of the ways that intersect a linestring (i.e. all of the streets that intersect a route). Is there a way to do this ...
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FME assign specific node id with OSM writer

Is there a way to reassign the node's id value to something I generate? I did try exposing the uid attribute in the write transformer however only produced a new attribute and did not affect the id ...
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Looking for a MAP to SLD converter

Does anyone know where I can find the converter from .map to .sld? I have a big mapfile of styles for OSM and I have the styles mapnik.xml for OSM but I use Geoserver for my work. Or does anyone have ...
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How do I resolve line outlines jutting into other lines in Mapnik/Cascadenik

We are designing a basemap, and I am trying to resolve a problem with outlines that comes up in roads. The idea is to have lighter colors roads, but they don't get pushed out far enough with our light ...
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Converting Mapserver default URL to a more user friendly version

I use the default MapServer URL to view the map in browser. http://localhost/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/mwh/osm-demo/basemaps/osm-google.map&mode=browse&template=openlayers&layers=all ...
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Batch convert OSM/PBF data

I need to import some OSM data about a region of Italy into a SHP file or Postgres DB, possibly with batch process. I already use OGR2OGR to batch import data from SHP to Oracle and Postgres and I ...
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What format is lat/long stored in OSM PostGIS?

Question: How do I to get the lat, long for all the toll booths stored in OSM for Virginia? Current Query: > gis=# select * from planet_osm_nodes where ('toll_booth' = ANY(tags)); id ...
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imposm: Failing to import OSM data to PostgreSQL

Somehow I can't import OSM data to my database. I'm using Debian, PostgreSQL 9.1 and PostGIS 1.5. The user root has been granted all privileges for the database osm. Input: imposm -U root -d osm -m ...
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Multiple response from nominatim service call (Geocoding) in openstreetMap

I am using OpenStreeMap with Google as layer, and for geocoding , nominatim service. Below, is my code. $.ajax({ url: "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=" + address + ...
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How to request a limited no of features in Overpass api?

I am using Overpass api to query Building data from OpenStreetMap. the query string is like this (way[building](bbox);node(w););out body; This works really fine (the bounding box is specified by ...
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How to reproject this vector layer?

I have a dxf file and use this tool to convert it to shapefile. Then I apply some affine transformations and get a shapefile that does not fit the shapefiles downloaded from osm (EPSG:4326). I know ...
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QGIS Holux gpx file doesn´t show up

I´ve got a problem with displaying the imported gpx file. The gpx file is created in Holux Funtrek 130 PRo. The map I use is from Openstreetmap, I am sure it is the right map from the location I ...
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Can't open Spatialite db from openstreetmap in Quantum GIS

I am new to QGIS, OpenStreetmap and Spatialite. I'm trying to get the (OSM) map data into a (SQLite) compact form I can eventually use for realtime reverse geocoding in a vehicle. Quantum is just for ...
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How to get a larger map from OSM2GIS?

My title is more than understandable,but the explanation part is that when i try to take a part that is larger than a big city i get an explanation that is to big for "trim".I tried to get whole ...
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Styling map elements based on their properties

I am currently generating tiles based on OSM data using Mapnik and Python and am quite happy using the XML styling but I am at a loss as to how to vary the styling on an element by element basis. I ...
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Issues with OSM Plugin in QGIS on Ubuntu 12.04

(not sure how to wrap the subject into a question! But...) Here are some issues I've been having with the OSM plugin: 1) When I bring in the .OSM file, close QGIS, then reopen, I get a "Handle Bad ...
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data type conversion extracting user defined tags as columns using Openstreetmap data

we have an ,osm data in which we have used some tags that we defined ourselves like, age, roof_type, roof_slope . we want to convert this file to shapefile, in which the roof_type tag appears as a ...
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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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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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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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