On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Caroline Kwan <[email protected]> wrote:
> As per QGIS 2.2 user guide, I can download data from "Opensteetmap" when > connecting with OSM server, how could I connect with the server?. Would > you please give me a hand? I've been using QGIS for the past couple of years so not much of an expert. To download from the OSM server, you just need select a bounding box of suitable size for downloading. OSM won't allow downloading an entire country. But you can download portion of a city. To download an area, from the OpenLayers plugin, add an OSM layer. Zoom into the area needed. Then from the Vectors menu, select OpenStreetMap->download data. From looking at the resulting .osm file, QGIS is using the overpass api to download the data. You can read more about overpass on the OSM wiki at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API. Note, I usually use overpass-turbo.eu to grab data. Not sure I answered your question. Write back with more details and I'll attempt to do better. Clifford -- @osm_seattle osm_seattle.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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