About OSMaxx

OSMaxx (short for "OpenStreetMap Arbitrary Excerpt Export") cuts out OpenStreetMap (OSM) data, processes it to geospatial data structures, converts it to typical GIS file formats and offers those for download.

A product fact sheet (in German) is available.

All our code is open-source and contributions are welcome.

Documentation

You can find the online documentation of the schema on GitHub: Export Schema Documentation.

Useful links

These can be found in our separate downloads page.

Data sources

All data used by OSMaxx comes directly or indirectly from OpenStreetMap:

The bulk of our input data (everything not listed separately below) is verbatim OpenStreetMap data, taken from our own regularly (about every two hours, depending on the current load) synchronized database import of the OpenStreetMap planet.

Additional data sources

• Coastlines, Water-polygons and Landmasses: These are from OSM derived data provided by openstreetmapdata.com.
• Country boundaries: We are using the country boundaries that are based on OSM-Data, cleaned and maintained by Wambachers-OSM.website.

Found a bug?

Please see whether it's already been reported on GitHub. If not, please file a new issue there.

About us

OSMaxx has been developed by the Geometa Lab at the HSR University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil. The Geometa Lab team can be reached via email: geometalab@hsr.ch.

Be sure to visit our blog.

Geometa Lab ℅ Prof. Stefan Keller
Institute for Software
HSR University for Applied Sciences
Oberseestrasse 10
CH-8640 Rapperswil (Switzerland)