NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum

Hi: I am totally new to OSM and I would like to know which format I should use to download a section of a map so I can view it on my iMac without an internet connection.

could you direct me to where I can read about it.

Thank you, OldDreamer

asked 23 Jan '12, 15:28

OldDreamer's gravatar image

OldDreamer
11223
accept rate: 0%

edited 29 Jul '14, 01:11

aseerel4c26's gravatar image

aseerel4c26 ♦
32.6k18248554


I recommand you to test marble. It is announced as available for mac, but I've only used on Gnu/Linux systems. It gives you a desktop applications that can display the OSM tiles, and put these tiles in cache, so you can then browse the map offline. There is a tool (in file menu) for downloading in cache a given area.

I'm using marble for demonstrating the OSM project result. Marble includes also interfaces with online routing service.

permanent link

answered 24 Jan '12, 08:51

NicolasDumoulin's gravatar image

NicolasDumoulin
3.3k42256
accept rate: 13%

That would depend on the size of map you are interested in and what you want to do with it.

If it is small area and you just want to view it I reccomend you export to some image format (read here, try by clicking the "Export" tab on the main page).

If it is bigger or you want to do more you need some program and data for this program. Read here or here.

permanent link

answered 23 Jan '12, 17:45

LM_1's gravatar image

LM_1
3.3k335188
accept rate: 10%

edited 23 Jan '12, 17:45

You can have a look at the OSM wiki page about Software and pick some programs that are available to Apple OS X and that can store that map data or map tiles offline on a harddisk or similar.

(Edited and replaced iOS ... thanks for downvoting ...)

permanent link

answered 24 Jan '12, 09:20

stephan75's gravatar image

stephan75
12.6k556210
accept rate: 6%

edited 24 Jan '12, 12:10

iOS is not the Mac operating system, it's the iPhone/iPad operating system. The Mac operating system is OS X.

(24 Jan '12, 11:18) Richard ♦

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

  • *italic* or _italic_
  • **bold** or __bold__
  • link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
  • image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
  • numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
  • to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
  • basic HTML tags are also supported

Question tags:

×202
×106
×104
×28

question asked: 23 Jan '12, 15:28

question was seen: 5,923 times

last updated: 29 Jul '14, 01:11

NOTICE: help.openstreetmap.org is no longer in use from 1st March 2024. Please use the OpenStreetMap Community Forum