Yeah, that's the big problem with OSM as far as I can see. Despite being
open source they use their own file format which is XML based. They used to
provide an import file for postgre/sql but I think they may have stopped
that now. Previously I had managed to convert that file into Oracle format
and have a few .sld files which take care of styling in geoserver which
you're welcome to if you want them but I haven't tried to use the data for a
while. Their suggested method is to load it into Mapnik and they provide
all the necessary tools for that but I'm afraid you're on your own there.
The page with all the export stuff is here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Planet.osm with uk only exports
available here: http://nick.dev.openstreetmap.org/downloads/planet/
If you're on windows they seem to have added a new "easy to setup" renderer
called Kosmos see: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Kosmos but
again, I've never used it!
Let me know how (if!) you get on!
cheers,
Tom
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 5:55 PM, fx5900 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>
> I have had a go at the streetmap site that you suggested. Just wandering,
> when xporting the data, what is the normal file format to export it to as i
> don't see things like vector or shape file format. Also, after exporting
> the
> file, if i want to use the data to create some sort of serch bar like that
> of google map to search for a street name, what tools exactly would you
> use?
> If you can suggest any tutorials of any kind that would be greatly
> beneficial.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> You can either use the google API and call it's maps via WMS which is all
> free as long as the maps are public facing and you're not expecting
> millions
> of hits per month. Alternatively you can use Open Street Map
> http://www.openstreetmap.org for which the data is free to download and
> use
> as you want and you can use their WMS server to provide the images or use
> something like geoserver to do it yourself. The open street map data set
> is
> not complete but is pretty close for London and many other major UK cities
> and is almost certainly perfect for your needs.
>
> Tom
>
>
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