[OSM-newbies] Needed: 56 ways - was {Re: Missing "How To" instructions - getting a minima map}

[Simone Cortesi]

On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Richard Owlett <rowlett at atlascomm.net> wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for an *outline* map of North America showing national,
>> state, and provincial boundaries for U.S. and Canada.
>>
>> My particular use is assisting someone else to plot some bird migration
>> data. I can see the same outline having use for geography lessons from
>> primary school thru college.
>>
>
> I now know how to describe what I'm looking for.
>
> I need the 56 ways (AKA areas) that describe the "Lower 48" {Continental
> U.S. less Alaska} and the 8 Canadian Provinces which border the U.S.
>
> What I still don't know:
>   1. How to retrieve that set of data?
>   2. How to render the data in an image suitable for OFFLINE use?
>
> TIA

Best option fo rthe "casual renderer" would be to download just those
ways (admin borders) from the DB, then render on the desktop:

1. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmxapi is your friend and you
need something like this:
http://www.informationfreeway.org/api/0.5/way[boundary=administrative][admin_level=2][bbox=left,bottom,right,top]
(left,bottom,right,top should be the boundingbox for north america)

2. get kosmos: http://igorbrejc.net/kosmos

3. render.

-S