[Qgis-user] openstreetmap problem

[Alex Mandel]

On 08/29/2014 11:03 AM, Innisfree McKinnon wrote:
> Hello all,
> I'm a QGIS newbie. I'm working on a project involving making a map of the
> Croix-Rousse in Lyon France. I need the street grid and a few landmarks
> such has churches, parks, and plazas. I'm having frequent shutdowns when
> working with the openstreetmap layers within QGIS.
> 
> I just downloaded the openstreetmap data by going to Vector, OpenStreetMap,
> Download Data...I probably left all the settings on default. I'm basically
> trying to select the items I need for my map and creating new (simplified)
> layers. My project shuts down frequently, sometimes in the middle of a
> selection process, sometimes just when looking at the data.
> 
> Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
> 
> thanks,
> Innisfree
> 

Just to clarify Innisfree, what version of Mac OS X and which version of
QGIS (and where did you get the installers I assume Kyngchaos)?

Also in your estimate or from the dialog how big/what is the bounding
box you tried?

Thanks,
Alex