Thanks Stéphane for the video. You won ;-) You managed to persuade me that it's really needed to organize a new short training session for people in the surroundings. So they can become more comortable using Qgis and OSM plugin. I'll do this soon.
Cheers Claire 2013/4/9 Stéphane Henriod <[email protected]> > Hi Claire > > One option would be to download the osm file directly from the > openstreetmap.org page (so that it fits your area of interest and not the > full country) and then convert it with QGIS, as explained here: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd58Fxmov2k > > Cheers > > Stéphane > > -- > "Le mot progrès n'aura aucun sens tant qu'il y aura des enfants > malheureux" -- Albert Einstein > > "A journey does not need reasons. Before long, it proves to be reason > enough in itself. One thinks that one is going to make a journey, yet soon > it is the journey that makes or unmakes you." -- Nicolas Bouvier > > Photos de voyages, photos de montagne: http://www.henriod.info > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Claire Halleux <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Joseph, >> >> Thanks for the link, I wasn't used to that one. >> But actually, yes, we do have issues with downloading big files from here. >> >> I could share explanations here for people who wouldn't know yet how to >> convert data in other formats through QGis, but the biggest problem is >> currently the size of the files to be downloaded. >> >> Thank you for your help anyway, >> >> Claire >> >> >> 2013/4/9 Joseph Reeves <[email protected]> >> >>> Hi Claire, >>> >>> I imagine the HOT-export server has a full disk again, this has been >>> causing problems for a while now; Harry has been clearing space, but it's >>> just filling up again. >>> >>> As for other sources of DRC data, there is regular dumps provided >>> elsewhere by Geofabrik: >>> >>> http://download.geofabrik.de/africa/congo-democratic-republic.html >>> >>> There are no shape files available, but you could presumably import the >>> data into QGIS and export the files you wanted from there. It's not an >>> ideal situation, not least because you were originally dealing with a >>> relatively small area and the proposed work-around involves downloading the >>> entire country, but it might get you out of a bind. >>> >>> Best, Joseph >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9 April 2013 14:12, Claire Halleux <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Today, I got error in osm2pgsql each time an export is launched on the >>>> HOT export tool. >>>> See http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2686 or 2689th task (smaller >>>> one). >>>> >>>> Moreover, it's been weeks for me that I cannot access anymore the >>>> OSM2GIS website neither. >>>> >>>> Do you know if any of these tools will be ok soon? >>>> Would you know any other user-friendly tool for exporting shp from OSM >>>> database? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Claire >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> HOT mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Claire Halleux >> *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* >> *Geographic Information Systems Specialist >> * >> *Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of the Congo* >> *Mobile: +243 99 256 9980* >> *http://www.rgc.cd* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > -- Claire Halleux *- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -* *Geographic Information Systems Specialist * *Kinshasa, Democratic Rep. of the Congo* *Mobile: +243 99 256 9980* *http://www.rgc.cd*
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