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DHRoss

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Registered: 2015-01-06

Posts: 2

Converting JOSM file to regular OSM xml

Wondering if there's any way to output a regular OSM xml file from JOSM, instead of JOSM's adapted format.

See here for details on JOSM's file format: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSM_XML

Basically I would like to draw maps in JOSM offline and then end up with a regular OSM xml file that I can use in other programs. I do not want to upload this data to OpenStreetMaps because it will not be accurate mapping.

Thanks for your help!

nordie69

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Registered: 2015-01-01

Posts: 38

Re: Converting JOSM file to regular OSM xml

Hi,

you might try the tool osmconvert, which supports a lot of formats.

Stefan

n76

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Registered: 2013-05-22

Posts: 313

Re: Converting JOSM file to regular OSM xml

I did not realize there was a problem: I have an area I make paper maps for with data from OSM, elevation data from SRTM and some specific data not appropriate for OSM that I created and edit in JOSM and save in a local .osm file. I am using Mapnik for the actual composition with no issues.

Maybe other data consumers have an issue with JOSM .osm files. Or maybe I got lucky with the type of items I have in the local .osm file.

stephan75

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Registered: 2008-05-28

Posts: 2,918

Re: Converting JOSM file to regular OSM xml

when necessary, try the mentioned http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmconvert ... when calling that programm in a command line with parameter -h it shows the parameter --fake-version

PS: why is this feature of --fake-version not listed properly in the OSM wiki ??????

DHRoss

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Registered: 2015-01-06

Posts: 2

Re: Converting JOSM file to regular OSM xml

After doing more research I realized what the problem is that I need a solution for:
I am drawing maps in JOSM with mostly new content, JOSM gives a negative node id to any new content until it is uploaded to OSM and then it is given a positive id once it is merged.

What I need is to output a file with positive node id's on new content from JOSM. This data will never be uploaded and merged to OSM. installing a private server copy of OSM is not an option unfortunately.
Does anyone know of settings I can change in josm to achieve this, a plugin, or a conversion program that would do that offline?

Thanks so much for your help!

Last edited by DHRoss (2015-01-08 15:00:25)