where/how can i find updated osm file of israel?

Communities ישראל (Israel)
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Hi,

I am new to osm, i have download an osm file from here: http://downloads.cloudmade.com/asia/western_asia/israel

this file seems to be lacking as i am unable to locate many main streets roards etc. (its from early 2011)

where can i find an updated osm file of israel?

or how can i scrape it? i tried also using http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/map?bbox=32.00,34.71,32.17,34.84

but the file returned is very little, and does not provide the data i was hoping for.

Thanks for your help!

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You may want to try http://download.geofabrik.de/openstreetmap/asia where you can find israel_and_palestine.osm data in .bz2 and .pbf formats

3

Thanks!

4

Additionally you can use the following *.POLY file that includes all Israel area incl. the settlements with Hebrew names :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8w81rgmuxd0x7lk/israel_only.poly (thanks to yrtimiD)

A poly file is somehow like a cutout of the area you need.
In this case you get a box from Israel including areas of Jordan, Syria and Egypt from Geofabrik and the poly file will define the area more accurate to Israel itself.

5

Thank you,

which tool would you reccomend to extract the data from the osm/pbf file (i can use windows but prefers linux)?
(a most simple sample would also be appreciated but not a must)

thanks for your help!

p.s A link for various osm files, including israel can be found here (previous link is now broken):
http://download.geofabrik.de/