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If you need shapefiles for your GIS applications or processes, look no further. Geofabrik produces shapefiles of all kinds. A number of simple shapefiles are available for free on our download serverat
For our customers we have a shapefile export that is decidedly richer in features and where we have already straightened out many of the idiosyncracies and fixed some of the errors that sometimes make processing OpenStreetMap data difficult.
These extended shapefiles are laid out according to our standard, "OpenStreetMap Data in Layered GIS Format", whichwe update continuously. Here are two example shapefiles for you to download (the files contain all layers, not onlythose depicted):
For graph processing (e.g. routing or reachability analysis with software likeNetwork Analyst) we also offer special routable shapefiles which only includethe road network. For these, OpenStreetMap data is preprocessed by splittingeach road at each junction, so that the resulting shapefiles contain only roadsegments. The preprocessing step is slightly different for automobile, bicycle,or pedestrian routing. We can even add estimated travel times for each segmentto the shapefile. Here is anexample of such a routable shape file.
Geofabrik will charge a previously agreed fixed price for these services basedon the amount of work involved. Please requesta quotation if you are interested! As a guidance, a one-off full set ofshapefiles will approximately cost:
If you order paid shapefiles from us, you'll not only get a lot more data in more layers (see OpenStreetMap Data in Layered GIS Format);we also have invested some time in making these shapefiles more easily usable in standard GIS systems. For example, where a POI is modeled as an area in OpenStreetMap, we will automatically generate a centre pointgeometry so you can process it just like any other POI. In situations where OSM uses morethan one tag to describe the same thing, our shapefiles usually repair that as well.
And of course we can accommodate all sorts of special requests when doing custom shapefiles,for example regarding the features selected, their attributes, the categorisation into layers, or regional splitting. We can produce data in a form you can directly use.
Files ending in .shp.zip are shape files that you can process with almost anyGIS software. In converting OSM data to shape files, we have made a defaultselection of layers containing most important layers (road and railway network, forests, water areas, many points of interest). We offer more comprehensive shape files and shape filesof other regions than provided on the download server are available as a paid service.
OpenStreetMap raw data usually comes with metadata. Some metadata fields are obviously related to persons (user name, user ID, changeset ID). The raw data files (.osm.pbf, .osc.gz, .osm.bz2) on our public download server (download.geofabrik.de) do not contain these fields. Our free shape files do not contain any metadata at all.
Because the metadata fields are needed by OpenStreetMap contributors for analysis (e.g. fighting vandalism) only, we offer raw data files with all metadatafields and regional excerpts with full history on a separate download server protected by password at osm-internal.download.geofabrik.de. This free service can be used by OpenStreetMap contributors only.
Geofabrik produces shape files which are optimized for the use by GIS users. Our shape files are base on up to date OpenStreetMap data. Individual layer structures and feature selection is possible.
Shape files do not have a map scale. A map scale determines the relationship between units in reality and units on the map. If you have a map that is 50cm wide and it depicts 50km in reality then its scale is 1:100k; a shape file does not have a scale because you can print it at any resolution.
By convention, certain scales also go along with a certain selection of features. For example, a 1:100k map will usually not show individual trees (even though it totally could, if it made the top of the tree about 0.1mm wide). When you ask "what scale are the shape files in", you probably want to know if there is a certain scale-dependent feature selection or generalisation in the shape files.
The answer to that is no, the Geofabrik shapes have no generalisation or simplification, and the feature selection is based on a very simple tag selection. For example, anything that has an amenity, tourism, shop, office, craft, historic, man_made, railway, or highway tag and is a node will be listed in the "points" shape file. The means that individual trees aren't available (they are natural=tree), while post boxes are (amenity=post_box).
The SLD style was designed to work against a OSM dump with a "landuse" attribute that your does not.There are many ways to extract data from the raw OSM files, and they lead to different layer and attribute layouts, but a given SLD will work only against a specific one. You will have to either find SLDs that work against the structure of your shapefiles, or adapt the styles to use the attributes that you have
The example explains itself, when I try the Shapefile from different mirrors like Planet.osm.org , bbbike.org and geofabrik.de; I find that they have a mistake with the Direction of Travel on its attribute value.
Metadata is data about data - the coordinate system of a layer, what the allowable attribute values are, or what a given attribute is/means. In a shapefile (which is a database) what you're asking about is an attribute. However in the OSM data this information is stored as tags because it is xml (Extensible Markup Language) document and not a database. See this related question: shapefile terminology for key-value pair
My senior year project includes doing some flood impact analysis in Piura, Peru for a flood event that occurred in 2017. Ideally we need this data in shape file format. I'm assuming that getting from .osm to .shp is fairly easy though...
Specifically, we need infrastructure data such as locations of schools, hospitals, etc. For example, we would like to have point shape files with the locations of churches, medical facilities, etc. such as what can be seen on OpenStreetMap below. What is the best way to download that data for a large area? Sorry for my lack of experience in this area... any help is appreciated!
Have you tried the census.gov website? They provide shapefiles as far as I can tell. It may become a huge dataset with all cities, so you need to test with a few shapes what it brings. Furthermore I recommend to simplify the shapes in mapshaper.org, this will reduce the number of points of the shape before converting to topojson and contribute to faster handling. You can use the Mapbox visual for visualisation of shapes and multiple layers as well.
Hi, many shapes and boundaries, like for cities and postcodes may be available at a cost only. Also file size may be a problem even if you have the cities. Did you check catalog.data.gov, I have not tested it but 500 cities available for download.
Paul
In the meantime I have been digging further, a friend of mine is a US cartographer so I asked him and I am looking at David Eldersveld who has a collection of shapefiles on github, so story continues.
Hi, Chloropeth map shows shapes, like boundaries ie states, counties, postcodes etc, these are vectors built from multiple points. Your .json file holds a point layer, which cannot be handled by a chloropeth map. You can import this as a point layer in PBI.
Paul
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Hi, Can you please tell me, what are the different Map visuals support Point layer in PBI. Due to some security reason, my origination disables ArcGIS & shape Map visuals. Can you please tell me, is their any other option to drilldown from state to city with boundaries for United States.
If you want to make changes to a map, download a shapefile (*.shp), many world countries shapefiles are available for free. In one of my videos in the Geospatial course, you can find an example how to use QGIS and mapshaper to edit or create a map to use in a PBI visualisation.
Paul.
The vector tile schema retrieves ocean polygons fro pre-processed ocean polygon shape files by osmdata.openstreetmap.de.A script is provided to download and update them. It will write the shape files to the subdirectory data.
In recent years, a lot of geospatial frameworks have been created to process and analyze big geospatial data from various data sources. A lot of them struggled with a unified data format which can be distributed across many machines. The most popular geospatial data format so far is shapefile but it has many drawbacks, such as:
This page will explaining the downloading of GIS shapefile data from two different sites which access the OpenStreetMap data base. OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a global GIS resource which is constantly being updated by volunteers. The quantity and quality of data varies from country to country and also between different areas in a country. Many cities are mapped at the building level while rural areas may only show roads and outlines of residential areas. The density of mapping has been increasing rapidly, particularly in developing countries.
Geofabrik-- The main menu in Geofabrik is at . On this page there is a list of the main geographic regions in the world. To access your data first click the region you require. You will then get a list of all the countries in the region. The required file for QGIS is the centre choice --.shp.zip . If [ .shp.zip] is in the column you can download the data directly by clicking on it. If there is an X it means that the data is too large a single download and you have to click on the country name. You will then see a list of sub-national administrarive regions which you can download. If there is an X opposite the name of sub-region this usually means that there is currently no shapefile available for this area in Geofabrik (note it is possible to create the necessary file in the HOT Export Tool). Many of these files will be large and may take some time to download. Note that the files are still in .zip format and have to be extracted before they can be used. The expanded list of files will be identified by lables--"railways", "roads", "places", etc. Each lable has a number of files attached --it is the .shp file that will be used directly for mapping.
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