osmand .obf file format

[paul fox]

i'm having a lot of trouble finding a page that fully describes the .obf file format.  is it simply the .osm.pbf format, renamed?

any pointers?

paul

[Harry van der Wolf]

No, it is definitely not. It is really a special format used by OsmAnd. A full obf file contains a map section, a routing section, a transport section and a POI section. A "roads_only" map only contains a routing and a POI section.

The structures are loosely based on SQLite but can't be opened or read by SQLite.

Please have a look at http://osmand.net/help/TechnicalArticles.html#OsmAnd_Data_Structure

You can use the inspector tool to inspect (sounds logical doesn't it) the obf file and even create csv files from the obf files.

Harry

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[paul fox]

On Saturday, August 8, 2015 at 10:36:17 AM UTC-4, Harry van der Wolf wrote:

No, it is definitely not. It is really a special format used by OsmAnd. A full obf file contains a map section, a routing section, a transport section and a POI section. A "roads_only" map only contains a routing and a POI section.

The structures are loosely based on SQLite but can't be opened or read by SQLite.

ah, okay.  thanks.   yes, that page is helpful.

paul