[HOT] Error with HOT exports

[Stéphane Henriod]

Hi Claire

One option would be to download the osm file directly from the
openstreetmap.org page (so that it fits your area of interest and not the
full country) and then convert it with QGIS, as explained here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd58Fxmov2k

Cheers

Stéphane

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On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Claire Halleux <Claire.du.RGC at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> Thanks for the link, I wasn't used to that one.
> But actually, yes, we do have issues with downloading big files from here.
>
> I could share explanations here for people who wouldn't know yet how to
> convert data in other formats through QGis, but the biggest problem is
> currently the size of the files to be downloaded.
>
> Thank you for your help anyway,
>
> Claire
>
>
> 2013/4/9 Joseph Reeves <iknowjoseph at gmail.com>
>
>> Hi Claire,
>>
>> I imagine the HOT-export server has a full disk again, this has been
>> causing problems for a while now; Harry has been clearing space, but it's
>> just filling up again.
>>
>>  As for other sources of DRC data, there is regular dumps provided
>> elsewhere by Geofabrik:
>>
>> http://download.geofabrik.de/africa/congo-democratic-republic.html
>>
>> There are no shape files available, but you could presumably import the
>> data into QGIS and export the files you wanted from there. It's not an
>> ideal situation, not least because you were originally dealing with a
>> relatively small area and the proposed work-around involves downloading the
>> entire country, but it might get you out of a bind.
>>
>> Best, Joseph
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 April 2013 14:12, Claire Halleux <halleuxc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Today, I got error in osm2pgsql each time an export is launched on the
>>> HOT export tool.
>>> See http://hot-export.geofabrik.de/jobs/2686 or 2689th task (smaller
>>> one).
>>>
>>> Moreover, it's been weeks for me that I cannot access anymore the
>>> OSM2GIS website neither.
>>>
>>> Do you know if any of these tools will be ok soon?
>>> Would you know any other user-friendly tool for exporting shp from OSM
>>> database?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Claire
>>>
>>>
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