[OSM-dev] Various OSM troubles (osm-subset from planet.osm)

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

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> === Getting a bigger area ===
>
> I desired to have the complete area I mapped on my GPS device to refine
> it. I tried to get the data of this area using JOSM. The coordinates
> (lat,lon) are
> 48.28340621665376,7.588906762370101
> to
> 49.77573536590515,8.915421561704648
> JOSM needs some time, then I get an error:
> Server returned HTTP response code: 500

Well maybe you should try to work with the planet dumps. The server is 
limiting request (because of performance reasons) to a limited time and size.
You can use 
 svn.openstreetmap.org/utils/osm-subset/osm-subset.pl
to download and extract a smaller area out of planet.osm.
If you have a debian system and don't want to hazzle arround with installing 
it by hand you can also use the current gpsdrive-debian-svn package to 
install this.
For Karlsruhe you would have to add a bounding Box to 
SVN: http://svn.openstreetmap.org/utils/perl/Geo/Filter/Area.pm
or locally for testing:
 /usr/share/perl5/Geo/Filter/Area.pm
Or jou just send me a bounding Box and I'll add it to the File.
Format of the Bounding Box:
    #                     min    |    max  
    #               [  lat , lon ,  lat, lon ]


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Joerg