[Qgis-user] Importing open street map .osm files

[Alex Mandel]

On 05/26/2014 06:11 PM, mick wrote:
> I've just installed qgis 2.2 after using 1.x versions for a while and run into a problem importing .osm files. With version 1 I could import directly into a map and then save as an ESRI shape file or Mapinfo table but with 2.2 it instead creates a spacialite database that seems to be missing all the geography.
> 
> If I click the help button it opens a '404' page. Going to docs.qgis.org I can't recognise any section that looks like it might have the information I need.
> 
> Please, could some kind soul point me in the right direction.
> 
> mik

http://docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/supported_data.html#openstreetmap-data

Though this is only one of many ways to deal with osm data.

If you prefer a pre-filtered version you can download shapefiles from:
http://download.geofabrik.de/

Keep the questions coming if you can't figure it out.

Thanks,
Alex