On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 5:17 PM, nvidia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Ian Turton wrote: >> >> On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:45 PM, nvidia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Is it possible to convert the maps on OpenStreetMap to shapefile? and >>> store this into a database? As the site does not provide any format types >>> to >>> store it of this nature. Although looking at my prevous post a while ago >>> http://www.nabble.com/Obtaining-Shapefile-Data-For-London-Motorways-to18908345.html#a18938969, >>> he said i could but i can't see it on the options. >>> >> >> The easiest way to do it is to use the osm2psql tool and then export >> the fields you need as a shapefile from postgis if you really need a >> shapefile. >> >> Ian >> -- >> >> Ian Turton >> >> Hi Ian, >> >> This might sound silly but, apologise if it does sound that way, where >> can i find the osm2psql tool? As can't see it on the site or do i have to >> download it?
These are really questions for the OSM lists rather than GeoTools but searching for postgis on the OSM wiki finds the following page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Osm2pgsql Ian -- Ian Turton http://www.geotools.org http://pennspace.blogspot.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 Geotools-gt2-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geotools-gt2-users
