Tom Dean wrote: > > 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. >
You can export OSM data to different GIS formats. Have a look at this page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Export Export the OSM data, convert them to GML and then use e.g. ogr2ogr to convert them to almost any GIS format (incl. Shapefile, of course). > > 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 > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Google-Map-Data-tp18510526p18525617.html Sent from the geotools-gt2-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Geotools-gt2-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
