[HOT] Errors in HOT Exports

[Michael Heißmeier]

Hi Claire,

Claire Halleux wrote on  02.03.2013 22:57:
>
> If there is any other easy-to-use tool for exporting OSM data in shapefiles
> format, I would be glad to know about it.
>

I usually use these two sources if I need a custom extract to verify something 
changed recently:

  - the overpass api which yields osm-xml data; the Shapfiles-page on the OSM 
wiki mentions a couple of tools to convert this output to a shapefile but I have 
not tried any of these yet. This api allows nearly unlimited sizes of areas and 
is updated very often.

  - http://download.bbbike.org/osm which allows you to specify an area up to 
6000 km x 4000 km which should do for DRC. The good point is that this api can 
generate ESRI shapefiles directly. On the other hand, data are updated only once 
a week. It usually takes about 20 minutes until you get an e-mail with a 
download link.

Hope this helps

Michael