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Unable find driver PostgreSQL in ogr2ogr
I need use ogr2ogr tool for import osm into PostgreSQL database. I've tried this command:
ogr2ogr -f PostgreSQL PG:"dbname='OSM_DB' host='localhost'
port='5432' user='postgres' password='postgres'...
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postprocessing GPS coordinates with RINEX data to improve precision?
Im doing some mapping for OSM in my region and I am curious if the precision of tracks from a GPS Receiver can be improved if they are post processed with RINEX data.
The tracking is done with a ...
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How can I use roads from OSM data in R?
I need to use the roads to compare GPS positions to verify that they are no errors in the data.
I downloaded the map.osm from a site that have information of City of Rome and had it transformed to ...
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Which geocoding providers allow storing of geocoded data?
I'd like to provide a functionality where the user can search for an address/place on a Leaflet map, and is able to add the resulting marker to the map (which later can be saved on server and ...
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OpenLayers with my own OSM data server
I've gone through the process of setting up my own OSM database / tile server by setting up PostGIS, importing the Planet.osm data snapshot (took a few days), and setup Mapnik / cascadenik, etc. I ...
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one label for two-lane roads (osm, qgis, postgis)
I labeled my osm-lines-layer (PostGIS) with symbols for primary roads and motorways. While the symbols for the primary roads are well placed - with enough distance between each - the two-lane motorway ...
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Working with address data extracted from *.osm
My goal is get all the addresses from a certain country, ideally - from all countries, but for now - only from one.
I downloaded an *.osm file from here http://download.geofabrik.de/ for a certain ...
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Importing OSM Data into MongoDB?
Can anyone tell me how to import OSM data in mongoDB step by step ?
This is the link to the data http://download.geofabrik.de/europe/germany/baden-wuerttemberg/karlsruhe-regbez.html
https://gis....
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What is the best way to extract the geometry of a road from OSM data?
What is the best way to extract the geometry of a road from OSM data? The goal is to display segments of highway that are closed due to weather. The weather data consists of positions (in KM measured ...
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Creating columns in PostGIS using osm2pgsql hstore tags
While I feel this may come down to a database question, it feels GIS-related enough that I feel comfortable posting it here. I'll be happy to take it elsewhere if it belongs there, though!
I've ...
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Downloading entire OSM world dataset and import into MS SQL
I am trying to download the entire dataset of OSM and placing into a MS SQL Database.
Does anyone have any ideas of how to go about that?
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OpenStreetMaps offline tile packs
Is there a place where I could download OpenStreetMaps tile packs for the united states? I would like to have offline access for the whole country.
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How to find the nearest city for a POI in a OpenStreetMap/PostGIS database?
I'm interested in finding additional data for the POIs in OSM database.
Currently I can use the following SQL for getting the name+long+lat for all the POIs
SELECT name,
x(transform(way, ...
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Missing roads from OpenStreetMap data with osmosis
I am currently trying to extract road networks from OpenStreetMap dumps downloaded on Geofabrik. I am using the following osmosis (version 0.45) command to extract roads:
osmosis \
--rbf input.osm....
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Looking for geodata of Europe's major roads
As stated in the title, I'm currently looking for a shapefile/other geodata source of Europe's major roads (highways). If anybody knows a free datasource (or a possibility to extract that data from ...
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Extract country border from OpenStreetMap
I'm trying to extract the Jordanian country border from an OpenStreetMap. When I click the download link for the file, the following page opens:
How do I save these XML tags as an XML- or OSM file ...
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Importing large dataset with osm2psql? [closed]
My question is similar to slow import via osm2pgsql to postgresql database and Optimizing osm2pgsql imports for OSM data but as we currently have quite some problems importing a large set of OSM data ...
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How to display places names when using Quantum GIS and shapefiles?
I am new to the world of geo systems. What I would like to do is displaying some information on a map for given regions.
I downloaded shape files from cloud made web site and load layers using ...
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What are the advantages of pgSQL+PostGIS+pgRouting over a simple MySQL+handwritten routing algorithms?
Goal:
To have a routable set of roads in a database and to have a software that can calculate the shortest path (e.g. simple Dijkstra) through this set in a reasonable amount of time (up to 2 ...
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Does the center, or the tip, of the OpenStreetMap website teardrop icon, represent the coordinate point?
Does the center, or the tip, of the OpenStreetMap website teardrop icon, represent the coordinate point?
I mean some websites, and Google Earth, use pushpins, but they also have cross hairs on the ...
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How to generate an image from OSM on command line?
Is there a GNU/Linux command line tool that allows to generate an image file from OSM, preferably as an SVG?
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Avoid time out error Nominatim Geopy OpenStreetMap
How to avoid the GeocoderTimedOut('Service timed out') error in GeoPy using the OSM Nominatim geocoder? I am not interested in using an exception and skip some entries. I already use a time delay of 1....
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Data Source: Address ranges for every block in NYC
I'm looking for data that defines the address ranges used on NYC blocks. On this screenshoot you can see google has noted the first addresses on each block of West End Avenue and 92nd/93rd/94th st. (...
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Openstreetmap of a specific city of USA
I want to get the osm of a specific city of USA. I can only get the whole state now. But how can I get the osm data for a specific city.
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How do I query highways with overpass turbo?
I want to use overpass to show major highways for a US city. How can I query that from overpass turbo?
I tried the following code here and it returns tons of dots. I really want only lines showing ...
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Geocoding to shape instead of coordinate
Geocoding to a shape instead of a point
The project I'm currently working on is Find-A-Record. We are geocoding genealogical record collections and storing them in a spatial index (browse our blog if ...
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Understanding the difference between coordinates projection in OSM and Google Maps in China
I'm looking at the coordinate differences between Google Maps and OSM. I'm a noob in the technicality behind GIS.
Having read:
EPSG 3857 or 4326 for GoogleMaps, OpenStreetMap and Leaflet
How to ...
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Finding residential buildings with overpass-turbo?
I am looking to find all residential buildings with overpass-turbo.eu.
I am trying to use the following query:
way
["building"~"residential|house|terrace|detached|apartments"]
({{bbox}});
(._;>...
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How can I know why an OSM way cannot be used for routing, and how can I fix it
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I use osm2po in an application that needs to calculate distances, times and path between locations.
In short, I take data from Geofabrik as input to osm2po to output a directed graph with ...
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Extracting admin boundary data from OpenStreetMap
I'm really just looking to get borders for cities and regions around the world. Ideally in a shapefile format.
Does anyone know how I can do that from OpenStreetMap?
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Split very large OSM file
I'm trying to get detailed geojson data for various African countries. I think I found a good source at http://download.geofabrik.de/. The problem is that the downloaded file is in osm format. I know ...
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Export OpenStreetMap paths to KML
Is there a way to export OpenStreetMap public transport routes to a KML or KMZ file? I'm trying to view the routes in another application (Google Earth) which supports KML data, but doesn't support ...
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"Flooded" islands in converted OSM data
I'm having a problem with "flooded" islands when converting OSM natural=water data to shapefiles and opening it in qgis. It doesn't happen consistently; as you can see from the attached screenshot, ...
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ogr2ogr: convert osm.pbf to SpatiaLite - error messages
I have downloaded a .osm.pbf file from extract.bbbike.org and am interested in all highways/line features of my downloaded pbf-file.
I also changed the osmconf.ini to choose wich TAGs I would like to ...
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How to create accurate indoor maps?
I'm currently developing an indoor positioning system for a college project. I searched for a good mapping platform and I found that openstreetmaps would suit me best, but now I'm stuck in generating ...
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Can OpenStreetMap replace Google Earth?
I need to build a website which needs to perform the following tasks:
Display a web map with topographical details
On the map show a set of selected streets
When a street is selected show a set of ...
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How do I rotate the OSM map before printing?
What is the simplest way to rotate and render Openstreetmap data, and still get a nice render? For example Toronto, would fit best rotated slightly on a page in landscape mode, so the northern ...
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Download link to osm2pgsql
I need to download the osm2pgsql for Windows
i tried from the path which is given in wiki
http://customdebug.com/osm/osm2pgsql.zip
and also from below link
http://tile.openstreetmap.org/osm2pgsql....
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US Tiger or OpenStreetMap route data: One Way Street and 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 OpenStreetMap or ...
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How to import country administrative boundaries from OSM Planet to PostGIS Polygons
I need to import all world countries as polygons or multipolygons into PostGIS. Specifically, I need the administrative boundaries that are like this orange bubble around the actual land borders.
I'...
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Draw route direction overlay on Google Maps or OpenLayers
I'd like to display the route direction generated from GraphServer on either Google Map or OpenLayers. The result I want is basically identical to how Google Map shows route directions, by ...
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OpenStreetMap: CRS not matching
I have different layers with different CRS, I think therefore the layers don't match. But I don't know how to fix this. Here is what I did (QGIS 3.0.1 on Debian Buster).
I connected to OpenStreetMap ...
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How to Optimize Openstreetmap Tile Rendering?
I am currently trying to render Water (3,198,333 records) and detailed world borders (processed_p) for the world. I am successful in rendering both layers, but I am not happy with performance.
My ...
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.mbtiles file with PBF to .mbtiles with PNG or JPEG
I need this conversion to embed the mbtiles file in a mobile app. I know there are server based rendering solutions, but I just need to make this conversion once for a single file with OpenStreetMap ....
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How to extract bounding boxes of cities from OSM?
For simple geocoding purposes I want to extract all cities from a single country of openstreetmap.
They only queries I want to do are:
ZipCode -> (List of) BoundingBox of City/Village
City/...
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Downloading metro stations of Paris from OpenStreetMap?
I'm just getting acquainted with OSM (OpenStreetMap), so this might be a total newbie question, but I'm looking for OSM Point of Interest data for all metro stations in Paris. I'm sure this info ...
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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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Convert large OSM files to GeoJSON
I have been trying to convert a large OSM file (5G) to the GeoJSON format. All the tools I have been using, use extensive memory and throw an out of memory exception.
What is the best way to convert ...
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Tool/Algorithm for generalizing OSM-Files for printing maps
Is there a tool or algorithm to (topological) generalizes OSM-shapes? I would like to build a printable map in different scales.
In the image below you can see the same divided road (yellow) at ...
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How can I increase limits of OSRM table function?
I want to generate a distance matrix for more than 50 points with my own OSRM server. Because I want to minimize the number of calls, I decided to increase the size of the query from 50 to 100 or even ...
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