[Qgis-user] R: Openstreetmap offline with QGIS

[Stefan Keller]

Hi all,

Be aware that OSM2VectorTiles offers Vector Tiles - not the usual raster tiles.
MBTiles is an SQLite file format which can store both.
There exists no Vector Tiles reader yet for QGIS (except my
experimental project which is not working yet [1]).

But there exist solutions for local raster tiles from OSM.
Bernd explained one of them using QGIS and QuickMapServices and QTiles plugins.
You could also use GDAL at the command line to produce the MBTiles.

Another approach for a base map would be to get an (optimized) GeoTIFF
format, then load this into QGIS.

:Stefan


[1] https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin

2016-08-02 21:10 GMT+02:00  <arnaldo.maurizio at gmail.com>:
> Thanks for the help.
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> I am going to try.
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> Regards
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> Da: Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Per conto di Piotr
> Kania
> Inviato: domenica 31 luglio 2016 07:57
> A: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: Re: [Qgis-user] Openstreetmap offline with QGIS
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> Hi, I will add that I use QTiles's mbtiles in my android smartphone with
> Oruxmaps and it works nicely
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> W dniu 2016-07-29 o 16:59, Bernd Vogelgesang pisze:
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> Hi,
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> I normally do it this way to have an offline basemap either for the mobile
> phone or the notebook:
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> 1. Install QuickMapServices (an add contributed pack in the settings) for a
> variety of background layer. There are also different flavours of OSM, so
> pick your favourite.
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> 2. Install the (tagged as experimental) QTiles plugin.
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> Assuming you have to work in certain area at a time only, set your canvas to
> this are.
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> In QTiles, you can choose between .zip and .mbtiles (but those mbtiles work
> within QGIS for already a while). Pick mbtiles for file creation.
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> Choose your zoom level carefully. If you do not need too much detail, 15
> will be enough. See http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/7443 for detail which
> zoom level represents which map scale.
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> For me this setting resulted in 150MB file for an area of ca. 100 square
> kilometers. Higher zoom level or multiple zoom levels will let this grow
> exponentially. You will have to test a bit to find the right settings for
> your purpose.
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> The creation of this mbtile will take a while cause it has to download all
> the tiles for the area one after another.
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> So better test with a really small area before starting a big download.
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> Hope this helps
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> Bernd
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> Am 28.07.2016, 00:02 Uhr, schrieb <arnaldo.maurizio at gmail.com>:
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> Hi everyone,
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> I use a laptop on my car where I have installed QGIS to follow the position
> over a map with a GPS. I can calibrate the image taken from a 1:25000
> detailed topographic map.
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> I need to use QGIS with Openstreetmap offline to follow car GPS position.
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> I have downloaded vector tiles form http://osm2vectortiles.org
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> I am not able to open the MBTiles file with QGIS. Please be patient, this is
> not my work. I will be grateful if you would suggest me how to do this job
> or if there is a tutorial available.
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> Are vector tiles from OSM2VECTORTILES right files? Is this the right way to
> work offline?
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> ++running QGIS Desktop 2.16.0 with Windows10
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> --
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> Bernd Vogelgesang
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> 91083 Baiersdorf/Igelsdorf
> Tel: 09133-825374
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