[OSM-talk] UK OSM Map

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Nick Black wrote:
> There's no reason why it shouldnt let you download the data.  Could
> you be more specific?  What data were you trying to get at - GPX or
> OSM?  Did JOSM give you error messages?  If you were trying to
> download the entire UK in one shot, its possible that the server timed
> out.

Code was recently added that prevents people downloading too much in one
go because the server couldn't cope with the load that created.

> If you are operating on in Unix, try using a tool like curl to
> download directly from the API like:
> 
> curl -u <username>:<password>
> http://opesntreetmap.org/api/0.3/map?bbox=minX,minY,maxX,maxY
> 
> and split up the requests into a series of smaller request to reduce
> the hit on the db.

It would have to be a lot of smaller requests.

> Or, download planet.osm, and extract the UK from that - which would
> prob be easier.

That is definitely the right approach. I think there may be a script
somewhere in http://svn.openstreetmap.org/utils that does it for you,
but I don't know where.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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