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osmlab / osmlint

An open source suite of js validators for OpenStreetMap data, to identify common geometry and metadata problems at scale.
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Mention osmlab.github.io/osm-qa-tiles/ as source for .mbtiles format data #291

Open answerquest opened 5 years ago

answerquest commented 5 years ago

Hello, I'd like to use this tool, but am confused on how to get osm data (typically .pbf) into .mbtiles format. When I searched the net, I'm getting guides on rasterizing / rendering this data into tiles - which can't be the motive here - we need stuff to be in vector format, right?

answerquest commented 5 years ago

Found it : https://osmlab.github.io/osm-qa-tiles/

Please mention this source in the Readme.. because when we search on net for mbtiles we get something else entirely : we get pages about how to render into tile images and then compress those into a raster mbtiles. That's totally misleading, because that route strips away all the vectors and metadata. This program works with vectors and metadata; not with rasters.