[Qgis-user] Openstreetmap offline with QGIS

[Piotr Kania]

Hi, I will add that I use QTiles's mbtiles in my android smartphone with 
Oruxmaps and it works nicely


W dniu 2016-07-29 o 16:59, Bernd Vogelgesang pisze:
> Hi,
> I normally do it this way to have an offline basemap either for the 
> mobile phone or the notebook:
>
> 1. Install QuickMapServices (an add contributed pack in the settings) 
> for a variety of background layer. There are also different flavours 
> of OSM, so pick your favourite.
>
> 2. Install the (tagged as experimental) QTiles plugin.
> Assuming you have to work in certain area at a time only, set your 
> canvas to this are.
> In QTiles, you can choose between .zip and .mbtiles (but those mbtiles 
> work within QGIS for already a while). Pick mbtiles for file creation.
> Choose your zoom level carefully. If you do not need too much detail, 
> 15 will be enough. See http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/7443 for detail 
> which zoom level represents which map scale.
>
> For me this setting resulted in 150MB file for an area of ca. 100 
> square kilometers. Higher zoom level or multiple zoom levels will let 
> this grow exponentially. You will have to test a bit to find the right 
> settings for your purpose.
> The creation of this mbtile will take a while cause it has to download 
> all the tiles for the area one after another.
> So better test with a really small area before starting a big download.
>
> Hope this helps
> Bernd
>
> Am 28.07.2016, 00:02 Uhr, schrieb <arnaldo.maurizio at gmail.com>:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     I use a laptop on my car where I have installed QGIS to follow the
>     position over a map with a GPS. I can calibrate the image taken
>     from a 1:25000 detailed topographic map.
>
>     *I need to use QGIS with Openstreetmap offline to follow car GPS
>     position.*
>
>     I have downloaded vector tiles formhttp://osm2vectortiles.org
>     <http://osm2vectortiles.org/>
>
>     *I am not able to open the MBTiles file with QGIS. Please be
>     patient, this is not my work.****I will be grateful if you would
>     suggest me how to do this job or if there is a tutorial available.*
>
>     *Are vector tiles from OSM2VECTORTILES right files? Is this the
>     right way to work offline?*
>
>     **
>
>     ++running QGIS Desktop 2.16.0 with Windows10
>
>
>
>
> -- 
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>
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