[OSM-talk] Updated Geofabrik Download Server

[Hermann Peifer]

Hi,

Thanks for the updated download service.

Just to let you know that my GE client didn't want to display 
brazil.kml. I had to change element name Multigeometry to MultiGeometry 
in order to make it work.

Hermann

On 2013-03-11 7:11, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     I've made some updates to the download server at
> download.geofabrik.de. You'll now get a map preview of the are you're
> downloading, and if you have a very slow internet connection you will
> value the fact that you can now expliticly download something like
> europe-130310.osm.pbf instead of always using "-latest" - that way you
> can be sure the file won't be removed from under your feet while you're
> downloading it.
>
> MD5 sums are now supported, as are regional daily diffs - it should now
> be very easy to keep an updated extract for your region of interest
> using just Osmosis and minimal daily downloads.
>
> The URLs have changed slightly but redirects are in place so that old
> links should still work:
>
> * leading /openstreetmap/ has gone
> * "-latest" introduced before file extension
> * underscores replaced by hyphens
>
> i.e. instead of
>
> /openstreetmap/europe/great_britain.osm.pbf
>
> it is now
>
> /europe/great-britain-latest.osm.pbf
>
> Bye
> Frederik
>