


Once you are ‘Logged In’ to the HOT Export Tool, the ‘Create’ tab will become available. This includes the ability to type and search, specify the coordinates of a bounding box, draw a bounding box, free draw a polygon, use the current view or upload a geojson file. There are multiple ways an Area of Interest (AOI) can be selected through the Export Tool. You can register with an OpenStreetMap account from, and a valid email address, which will be used to send a link to your export once it is complete. This information can also be found through the ‘ Learn’ section at .Īnyone can create a custom OpenStreetMap export with the Export Tool - just register an account. The following section will guide you on how to use the Export Tool. Within minutes, up-to-date OSM data is exported, filtered and converted. The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) has created an online service that allows users to create custom OSM extracts anywhere in the world, by selecting an area of interest, map features and file formats. Getting OSM Data on HOT Export Tool Website Please note, the server usually updates the data once every 24 hours, so if you just upload data to OSM, the data does not appear automatically when you download it, but you have to wait for the latest updates from the server. You can check the last time data was updated. One popular format is shapefile (shp) with points, polyline, and polygon layer. There are several formats that can be downloaded.

Then if you want to obtain the Indonesian data in shapefile (.shp) format, you click on the link, and the file will be downloaded. To get the data, you need to click the Indonesian state on the blue table, and it will appear like this. Indonesia can be found as part of Asia by clicking on the Asia sub-region on the blue table, and then the page will appear like this.Īfter appearing at the top of the page, see how the sub-region divides into countries of Asia. The data is divided into several regions. The OSM data can be obtained easily by downloading it from After learning how to add and edit data in OpenStreetMap (OSM), now maybe you would like to obtain the data as a backup or to process it using Geographic Information System software that is Open Source, such as Quantum GIS ( Getting OSM Data on Geofabrik Website
