[OSM-talk] Re: [OSM-dev] openlayers alpha

[Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany)]

> Could we short-circuit the GML? If I have the time (there's freemap stuff I
> need to do for the SoC conference; however it's more likely I can do
> somethig with it after that) I can have a go at doing something which goes
> straight from planet to shapefiles. However I would need to research
> shapefiles first so it wouldn't be a one-day job.

If I understand you correct; the task is to write a 
   planet.osm--> Shapefile converter?
Is there anywhere a short good description for shapefiles you can point me to?

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Joerg