Removing POIs from data files

blanco5 · 2010-12-08T04:17:50.000Z

Hi Everyone!

I am planning on doing an offline application that would use OSM data files. However, I only need basic things like terrain/street data and not all restaurants. Is there any way of removing POIs/restaurants from the data files or any level of priority to set so not all data gets downloaded/loaded from files?

Thanks!

MHohmann · 2010-12-08T07:59:47.000Z

You can download an OSM data file and filter it through Osmosis:

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis

For example, in order to keep only terrain / street data, you need to use a filter which keeps only objects tagged as highway=* and landuse=* while discarding everything else.

blanco5 · 2011-02-28T14:10:19.000Z

How would I input this command in Osmosis. I’ve been trying to read the documentation but there aren’t any examples on how to filter changes in ISM files. Thanks!

stephan75 · 2011-02-28T17:31:23.000Z

Maybe the recently released http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMembrane can help you getting an entry in that topic?

It provides a frontend or a user interface to Osmosis.

Maybe you can find more hints at http://help.openstreetmap.org by searching for words like filter, data, osmosis etc.

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