Export tab
From OpenStreetMap
The main website now contains an "Export" tab. This contains various methods of how to get data on the currently viewed map excerpt out of OpenStreetMap.
TODO cross-link or merge the section on the Export page
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Current export items
OpenStreetMap XML Data
Allows selecting a bounding box. Only available at certain zoom levels. Unfortunately it does not work very well, often giving errors or taking a very long time to complete.
Mapnik Image
Allows export of PNG, JPEG, SVG, PDF and PostScript maps.
Osmarender Image
Allows export of PNG and JPEG maps.
Embeddable HTML
Creates code for an iframe of the current map.
Possible export items
- Permalink. This would just be a permalink to the currently viewed map excerpt. We could then get rid of the permalink on the map itself, making it a little bit cleaner (and some people apparently don't understand the word permalink).
- This is certainly possible, though not in my current plans for phase 1, but I would probably want to keep the quick'n'easy permalink on the main page as well. TomH 16:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Vector data formats:
- GPX traces. Export all GPS point that are recorded in the current bounding box. (Would this be useful?)
- This isn't in my phase 1 plan but is certainly possibly. TomH 16:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- GIS formats (e.g. .shp)
- Garmin .img and other GPS-friendly formats
- GPX traces. Export all GPS point that are recorded in the current bounding box. (Would this be useful?)
- Vector illustration formats:
- Illustrator
- AI reads EPS doesn't it? I thought EPS was pretty much it's native format in fact? TomH 16:28, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
- Illustrator
- Semantically rich formats:
- RDF. I have no idea if this is silly or not, it might be very well be silly. Anyway, I'm thinking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data here. Being able to link to specific roads or whatever from other places (freebase?) would be awesome. Getting a rendered map of it even awesomer.
