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How can I view OSM extracts? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago by Irelephant@lemm.ee to c/openstreetmap@lemmy.ml

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I'm sure this has been asked thousands of times, but how do I view the map extracts offline? (.osm and .pbf) Is there a (native) app I can use? Can't find any clear information.

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[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are you trying to do with it?

.pbf is a compression format (a bit like a .zip-file) which contains the .osm-file. The .osm-file is nothing more then an XML-file with a specific format and a .osm-extension.

Those are not meant for day-to-day users but more for developers.There are some programs able to open those files, such as JOSM or Osmosis.

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

To view it offline. There is probably a far better way I am missing.

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did you see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Using_OpenStreetMap_offline already?

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

They all seem to be phone apps. I tried using kde marble, but it doesn't work very well (for me)