Hi, Andreas Weller wrote: > How do I generate an ESRI shapefile from the OSM data? > I wish to supply a polygon or rectangle and get back the shapefile for > that area...
There is no service that does that for you. You have to download the OSM data - either a small section through the Export tab or a large section through OSMXAPI or by getting an exerpt from somewhere - and then run software on it. The c++ program has already been mentioned. There's also a ruby implementation (see the "Export" section on http://osmlib.rubyforge.org/). You can download ready-made shapefiles for certain areas from download.cloudmade.com (lots of countries) or download.geofabrik.de (some continents, some countries, and some administrative subdivisions in .fr,.uk,.de). Both providers use different structures and select different features for their shapefiles. Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
