Posts tagged: osm

Use Metro Extracts in QGIS

Follow this new tutorial to learn how to download OpenStreetMap data through Metro Extracts and display the layers in QGIS.

OSM Server-thon

OSM is growing fast and needs more servers! Donate today!

Avoiding the Total Perspective Vortex

If a dataset of the size of OSM is to exist, we simply cannot afford to have a sense of proportion. We must allow for a variety of helpful slivers of the planet to help us represent its entirety in a variety of situations. Borders is one such sliver.

OpenStreetMap and the Fourth Wall

The world has never been more ready for an alternative to proprietary map data.