[gdal-dev] OGR OSM-driver unable to open datasource

Even Rouault even.rouault at mines-paris.org
Sun Apr 14 13:16:18 PDT 2013


Le dimanche 14 avril 2013 22:12:29, Ulrich Strötz a écrit :
> I want to read an OSM file with OGR. I use Version GDAL 1.9.1, released
> 2012/05/15.
> 
> To read a SQLITE file works fine:
> 
> $ ogrinfo test.sqlite
> INFO: Open of `test.sqlite'
>       using driver `SQLite' successful.
> 1: aaa (Point)
> When I try to read a OSM File it fails to open the datasource:
> 
> $ ogrinfo test.osm
> FAILURE:
> Unable to open datasource `test.osm' with the following drivers.
>   -> ESRI Shapefile
>   -> MapInfo File
>   ...
> The OSM file itself is not broken (I opened it in QGIS).
> 
> What am I doing wrong?

You are just not using the appropriate GDAL version ;-) The OSM driver is new 
to GDAL/OGR 1.10.0, which should be released within a few days. You can try 
the RC2 by the way : http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/gdal-1.10.0RC2.tar.gz

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Uli


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