[OSM-talk] osm2shp

[Nick Black]

Given that Jochen's osmlib-export seems to do the job of converting
osm xml to shapefiles, is it worth bothering with developing osm2shp?
What would osm2shp do that osmlib-export doesn't?

What would be cool is adding support for .osm to ogr2ogr, which is
also c++, runs on any platform, is free and converts from almost any
geo format to almost any other geo format.

http://www.gdal.org/ogr/index.html

I know that Mikel and Schuyler talked about implementing it in
Victoria - could be a fun xmas project for someone...




On Dec 20, 2007 10:41 AM, Nick Black <nickblack1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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> >
> > 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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