Download OSM data from geofabrik

Source: R/get_osm.R

get_osm download osm data from geofabrik. Instead of other services, this function relies only on direct links. Just that.

get_osm(region, type = "shp", file = tempfile(), quiet = FALSE)

Arguments

region

Region of interest, see urlgeo
type

"pbf", "shp" or "osm"
file

a character string (or vector, see url) with the name where the downloaded file is saved.
quiet

If TRUE, suppress status messages (if any), and the progress bar.

Value

Download a file

Note

all regions were transformed with iconv to "ASCII//TRANSLIT"

Examples

# \donttest{
head(urlgeo)
#>   Region    Subregion            x    LINKPBF     size    LINKSHP    LINKOSM
#> 1 Africa      Algeria      Algeria [.osm.pbf]   (90MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#> 2 Africa       Angola       Angola [.osm.pbf]   (51MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#> 3 Africa        Benin        Benin [.osm.pbf] (33.3MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#> 4 Africa     Botswana     Botswana [.osm.pbf]   (60MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#> 5 Africa Burkina Faso Burkina Faso [.osm.pbf]   (51MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#> 6 Africa      Burundi      Burundi [.osm.pbf] (27.3MB) [.shp.zip] [.osm.bz2]
#>                                                         URL_OSMPBF
#> 1      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/algeria-latest.osm.pbf
#> 2       https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/angola-latest.osm.pbf
#> 3        https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/benin-latest.osm.pbf
#> 4     https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/botswana-latest.osm.pbf
#> 5 https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burkina-faso-latest.osm.pbf
#> 6      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burundi-latest.osm.pbf
#>                                                                 URL_SHP
#> 1      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/algeria-latest-free.shp.zip
#> 2       https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/angola-latest-free.shp.zip
#> 3        https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/benin-latest-free.shp.zip
#> 4     https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/botswana-latest-free.shp.zip
#> 5 https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burkina-faso-latest-free.shp.zip
#> 6      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burundi-latest-free.shp.zip
#>                                                         URL_OSMBZ2 units sizeMB
#> 1      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/algeria-latest.osm.bz2    MB   90.0
#> 2       https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/angola-latest.osm.bz2    MB   51.0
#> 3        https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/benin-latest.osm.bz2    MB   33.3
#> 4     https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/botswana-latest.osm.bz2    MB   60.0
#> 5 https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burkina-faso-latest.osm.bz2    MB   51.0
#> 6      https://download.geofabrik.de/africa/burundi-latest.osm.bz2    MB   27.3
get_osm("Sao Tome and Principe")
#> file at /tmp/Rtmpn0Zadc/file25c3276d81b6.shp.zip
get_osm("Sao Tome and Principe", "pbf")
#> file at /tmp/Rtmpn0Zadc/file25c3535f19af.osm.pbf
get_osm("Sao Tome and Principe", "osm")
#> file at /tmp/Rtmpn0Zadc/file25c33007fe2f.osm.bz2
# }