[OSM-dev] Osmosis: Filter way/node *without* key x

[Brett Henderson]

Ldp wrote:
> Brett Henderson wrote:
>
>   
>> You can still apply full planet changesets to your local file then run 
>> the result through a bounding box to remove unwanted data.
>>     
>
> I know, and I've done that in the past, but if you load diff files with 
> osm2pgsql (in slim mode), that can't be done. You'd have to patch the 
> extract with osmosis and reload (with osm2pgsql) the whole thing every time.
>   
I agree it's a pain.  If there was a simple way to fix it I would.
> But I notice osm2pgsql's --bbox parameter, so I'd have to see if that 
> works with --slim --append mode as well. And if it works, if it produces 
> sane results around the extract edges.
>   
Okay.  Yep, the only option you'll have in most cases is to rely on the 
import tool using the database (which has the full view of data) to 
eliminate unwanted data.