[OSM-dev] osm2pgsql: Importing several Geofabrik OSM files

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> I just tried importing germany.osm.bz2 and denmark.osm.bz2 from
> http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/ .  However, importing the second
> file after the first one failed due to duplicate ways. Just hacked
> osm2pgsql to use ACTION_MODIFY instead of ACTION_CREATE, which seems
> to simply work. 

Apart from the fact that the Geofabrik extracts are made using the 
Osmosis "clipIncompleteEntities" switch, so that when you update a 
cross-border way it will lose the elements from the other side of the 
border. Expect problems along the borders.

Bye
Frederik

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