ways to use OpenStreetMap data

downloads

• download.geofabrik.de — a third-party service with excerpts and derived data from the OpenStreetMap dataset available for free download, optionally broken down to the level of countries and sometimes individual states [2]
  • documentation for this service
• file formats:
  • .pbf files — a proprietary binary file format that's highly compressed
  • OSM XML files — text, human-readable, but usually bigger than .pbf files even when compressed
• official ways to download OpenStreetMap data
  • weekly-updated dumps of ALL of OpenStreetMap's data
  • Overpass API, a read-only API
  • "permanent links" version of the Overpass API
• third-party country and area extracts

interactive maps, web-based

• embed HTML in your website
• ways to deploy your own "slippy" map
• Overpass turbo — displays the results of an Overpass API query
• (TODO — keep exploring the wiki, I believe there are even more options)

interactive maps, other

• mobile software
• desktop software

other

• GIS software, includes non-OpenStreetMap tools that may be useful
• all of OpenStreetMaps APIs