[OSM-talk] osm2shp

[Nick Black]

On Dec 20, 2007 10:29 AM, Patrick Weber <p.weber at ucl.ac.uk> wrote:
> If you are prepared to invest in a Manifold license you could use the
> little script some of us Manifold users have developed for importing OSM
> data into Manifold. From there you can then export to any GIS format!

Which is cool, but you can also use osm2pgsql to import to postgis and
from there import to any GIS format.



>
> http://forum.manifold.net/Site/Thread.aspx?id=51880
>
>
> Damocov wrote:
>
> >Has anyone managed to get osmlib-export to work on windows?
> >
> >I seem to be goign mad, fist libxml-ruby wouldn't install, having I
> >think fixed that one, I'm now getting empty shape files created and a
> >variety of strange error messages stemming I think from georuby.
> >
> >In fact has anyone anywhere managed to find a way to convert a.osm file
> >to a set of shapes or a GML file in windows. (I don't count the josm to
> >gpx export followed by gp2shp.exe as a valid conversion method as it
> >loses attribute data and wont work for area features).
> >
> >I'm trying to persuade some colleagues that OSM data is worth looking
> >into for future publications but if we can't even get it into our GIS
> >(ESRI or Intergraph) by converting a .osm file into either, SHP, MIF,
> >TAB, GML, MDB I'm onto a losing streak.
> >
> >Damian Fell
> >(Damocov)
> >
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