Metro Extracts Downloader

This tool uses the command line utility Make to make it simple to download OpenStreetMap data via Mapzen's Metro Extracts.

Note: Because Mapzen is shutting down, this tool will only work until February 1st, 2018

Features:

• Supports all Metro Extract data formats
• Configurable geographic area See here for a great explanation on the different formats available through Metro Extracts.

Usage

1. Clone this repository

$ git clone https://github.com/bfreeds/metro-extractor.git  
$ cd metro-extractor

2. Download the extract

# pass city and state as arguments
$ make CITY=new-york STATE=new-york coastline
# or pass parameters by environment variables if you are running a multiple commands
$ export CITY=new-york
$ export STATE=new-york
$ make coastline

The following make commands are available:

• make raw
  • includes both : (warning -- is large)
    • make osm.pbf
    • make osm.xml
• make osm2pgsql
  • includes both : (warning -- is large)
    • make osm2pgsql.geojson
    • make osm2pgsql.shp
• make imposm
  • includes both : (warning -- is large)
    • make imposm.geojson
    • make imposm.shp
• make coastline
  • includes both :
    • make osm.water.coastline
    • make osm.land.coastline

You can run the combined make commands ($ make imposm) or the standalone ($ make imposm.geojson). The combined commands will download large files -- I would only use them if you have a specific reason to (experiment with different OSM file formatting).