[Qgis-user] best way to download Large datasets from OSM

[Ramon Andiñach]

There's a nice blog entry by Anita about this sort of thing. 
A guide to GoogleMaps-like maps with OSM in QGIS. 

OSM has some really large index numbers now which means you probably need to bump it into some sort of DB for it to be useful. 

-ramon.

> On 14 Jan 2016, at 23:39, Joris Hintjens <jorishin at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Ive been spending the past few hours trying to find out what is the best way to download large chunks of OSM data.
> 
> I have no understanding of Databases nor of programming, so I am limited to predefined tools, algorithms and/or plugins. 
> 
> I want t create a map of all the (navigable) rivers and canals in Europe.
> I downloaded the osm.bpf of Europe (30 Gig) and when I try to start a query, QGIS freezes.
> 
> Downloading from overpass only the rivers with Quickest plugin) , gives me timeout error (even after increasing the timeout parameter) 
> 
> any other suggesting welcome.
> 
> Joris
> 
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