[osmosis-dev] feature request: displaying the bounding box

[Jochen Topf]

Hi!

Osmosis isn't developed further, so it is unlikely that somebody
implements your request.

But Osmium can do something like what you want with the `fileinfo`
command:

https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/
https://docs.osmcode.org/osmium/latest/osmium-fileinfo.html

Jochen

On Sun, Feb 24, 2019 at 06:57:07PM +0800, andrew goh via osmosis-dev wrote:
> Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2019 18:57:07 +0800
> From: andrew goh via osmosis-dev <osmosis-dev at openstreetmap.org>
> To: osmosis-dev at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [osmosis-dev] feature request: displaying the bounding box
> 
> hi this is a feature request
> 
> I'm using the Mapsforge Map-Writer plugin to convert osm and pbf maps into
> mapforge format
> https://github.com/mapsforge/mapsforge/blob/master/docs/Getting-Started-Map-Writer.md
> 
> however, there is one frustration is that Mapsforge Map-Writer plugin
> requires that the user specify the bounding box.
> 
> could osmosis provide an option to simply run through the entities and
> display the bounding box when it is done?
> i've tried the likes of these but there isn't any bounding box info as
> relates to the input file being used
> 
>  * 3.12 Dataset Tasks
>    <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#Dataset_Tasks>
> 
>      o 3.12.1 --dataset-bounding-box (--dbb)
>        <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#--dataset-bounding-box_.28--dbb.29>
>      o 3.12.2 --dataset-dump (--dd)
>        <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#--dataset-dump_.28--dd.29>
>  * 3.13 Reporting Tasks
>    <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#Reporting_Tasks>
> 
>      o 3.13.1 --report-entity (--re)
>        <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#--report-entity_.28--re.29>
>      o 3.13.2 --report-integrity (--ri)
>        <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage_0.47#--report-integrity_.28--ri.29>
> 
> the trouble is often that i've map extracts done either in josm or some
> planet osm country / region extracts.
> but that after initially setting up the bounding box, i did not store that
> anywhere and later 'forget' about it.
> i'd later make some guesses from the map and get a new bounding box
> coordinates.
> 
> hence, it would be really helpful if we can have a reporting option like
> --report-statistics in which osmosis runs through all the entities
> and print some basic statistics like the number of different type of
> entities and the bounding box of all those entities
> 
> thanks much in advance,
>   Andrew

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