[Qgis-user] "live" openstreetmap data in qgis

[Bernd Vogelgesang]

Hi,

I can't give you any input on your question, but just would like to know  
 from you what the use case/advantage for this kind of plugin/functionality  
is.


Cheers
Bernd

Am 28.08.2016, 06:06 Uhr, schrieb Robin Paulson <robin at bumblepuppy.org>:

> at the moment there are various ways to add openstreetmap data to qgis.  
> as far as i can tell, they all rely upon downloading a .osm/obf/pbf file  
> in some semi-automated way and importing it. none of the existing tools  
> allow for any existing data to be deleted and replaced with the new.
>
> what i would like to do is add a "live" layer to my qgis projects, such  
> that any data is periodically and transparently re-downloaded and  
> updated. for those of you who are familiar with JOSM, this would be  
> similar to the "continuos download" [sic] plugin for that software.
>
> so, any suggestions?
>
> at present, the only solution i have is a script which runs every n  
> minutes/hours to download the requisite area (based upon the boundary of  
> the qgis project), deletes the contents of the existing .osm layer and  
> then imports the new data. i'd like to know if anyone has other ideas or  
> can point me to existing functionality/plugins.
>
> cheers
>


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