[OSM-dev] downloading osm parts with curl

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

> > You can do the same via a direct call to the API using wget or
> > similar. Details for obtaining "map" data from the REST page on the
> > wiki.
>
> Thanks for the hint. I already had tried to use wget, but it didn't
> accept the login coded into the URL like
> http://username:passphrase@URL
> so I gave up. I will read the wiki, so thanks for the pointer.

GpsDrive can download stuff from OSM; you might want to have a look into 
 http://svn.gpsdrive.cc/gpsdrive/trunk/scripts/perl_lib/Geo/Gpsdrive/OSM.pm
as a hint how to do it.
password is stored in the netrc-file.

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