[gdal-dev] New OGR driver to read OpenStreetMap .osm / .pbf files

[Stefan Keller]

Even,

Thanks for the fast response!

2013/1/9 Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org>:
> (Just curious what in the doc makes you call it "stable", and what you
> consider as "stable")

Just the fact that it's there and especially that is't also in the
overview table alongside with all other (stable) drivers
http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr_formats.html .

Yours, Stefan


2013/1/9 Even Rouault <even.rouault at mines-paris.org>:
> Le mercredi 09 janvier 2013 01:02:22, Stefan Keller a écrit :
>> Hi Even
>>
>> Documentation of OpenStreetMap driver suggest its stable
>
> (Just curious what in the doc makes you call it "stable", and what you
> consider as "stable")
>
>> - but when I
>> recently installed the newest OGR version on a linux it was'nt there.
>> Is it not yet stable enough?
>> If not, what do you recommend?
>> Should I include the tagged version (currently 1.9.2) and add the
>> trunk version (subdirectory) of the OpenStreetMap driver?
>
> Stephan,
>
> The OSM driver is only available in the trunk version (definitely not in the
> 1.9.X branch which is in maintenance mode only), the future 1.10 to be
> released (hopefully in the following weeks).
>
> Copying the OSM directory from trunk into 1.9 will work. It won't compile
> since there are a few services in port/ that have been added in trunk and are
> needed by the OSM driver.
>
> So if you are interested in the OSM driver, I suggest that you just check out
> and compile the trunk and use it. It passes currently the autotest regresssion
> suite on both Linux and Windows, so I consider it stable enough for wide
> testing. And we definitely need beta testers for the release anyway !
>
> Best regards,
>
> Even