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

[Andre Joost]

Am 27.05.2014 04:14, schrieb Alex Mandel:

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

I wonder why this page is still around in the 2.2 docs:
<http://docs.qgis.org/2.2/en/docs/user_manual/osm/openstreetmap.html>

It describes the old Openstreetmap plugin, which had to be replaced when 
OSM node IDs had hit the 32bit limit.

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> 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/
>

This is only useful with QGIS for the smaller areas. The larger files 
should be filled directly into a Postgis database with osm2pgsql.

Another choice is to use GDAL to populate a spatialite db outside of 
QGIS, or use Add vector layer inside QGIS (again only useful for small 
areas).

Greetings,
André Joost