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

[Andre Joost]

Am 15.01.2016 um 00:01 schrieb Clifford Snow:
> I just found this [1] morning. Looks like a good way to get started. I does
> require installing PostGIS. The instructions are for Linux but Boundless
> geo has installation pages for OS X and Windows. I have no experience on
> Windows. The advantage of using a database back end is being able to run
> queries for just the data needed. That should allow QGIS to run without a
> 30GB load.
>

I suggest to import OpenStreetmap data into Postgis using the standard 
osm2pgsql. For Windows, the latest builds are linked here: 
https://github.com/openstreetmap/osm2pgsql/issues/472

HTH,
André Joost