Hi Lindy-Anne, On 19 October 2011 10:08, <[email protected]> wrote: > Good day > > I am looking to compare the datasets for South Africa from 2007 to 2011, but > I cannot download the full file with our internet connection. Is there > anyone who has the data so that I can copy the data? >
The University of Pretoria has a full mirror of the raw OSM xml planet data available here: http://ftp.up.ac.za/mirrors/openstreetmap/ (including the massive "full history" planet) It is worth trying to see if they would be willing to send the data across. Maybe someone with an uncapped local Internet connection in Cape Town could help? I highly recommend first limiting yourself to smaller extracts. There are 2 "poly" files available here for cutting/extracting out South Africa: http://grant.dev.openstreetmap.org/tmp/za-poly/ The simplified version is a rough cut version, which keeps outside the South African borders. Both polygon files ignore Prince Edward Islands. I have asked Peter Körner, if he has a chance, to create a full history South Africa extract. Geofrabrik create regular South Africa extracts available here: http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/africa/ (current items only, not full history) Keeping extracts current can be achieved using diffs... I have a very simple script which uses osmosis to keep my South African extract of the railway network current: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Firefishy/za-rail-script Kind regards Grant _______________________________________________ Talk-ZA mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-za
