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The OSM Berlin sample
OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a very popular collaborative project to create a free geographic database of the world; OSM data has been favourably compared with proprietary datasources, although quality may strongly differ from Region to Region.
OSM data are absolutely free and are released under the legal terms of the Open Database License (ODbL)
OSM data are made available from several sources in many different formats; one of the simpler and easier to use is supported by Geofabrik because it directly offers a collection of Shapefiles for each Region/Country.
In this tutorial we'll use the Berlin dataset mainly for two good reasons:
- because it has a very reasonable size (less than 100MB) for representing a very complex and feature rich context.
- because the quality of its data is really excellent.
The original dataset published by Geofabrik can be downloaded from here
For your ease and convenience a preloaded SpatiaLite+RasterLite2 database immediatery ready to be used for testing under spatialite_gui can be downloaded from here
Table of contents
- Getting started: first contact
- Importing OSM data from Geofabrik Shapefiles
- Creating and populating berlin_osm.sqlite
- Defining the graphic layout of the Map: styling rules
- More about QuickStyles
- Global options affecting the Map as a whole
- Astonishing architecture: unexpected surprises
- Conclusions and final assestment
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