NAME

       osmium-file-formats - OSM file formats known to Osmium

FORMATS

       The  osmium  command  line tool supports all file formats supported by the Osmium library.
       These are:

       • The classical XML format in the variants .osm (for data files),  .osh  (for  data  files
         with history) and .osc (for change files).

       • The PBF binary format (usually with suffix .osm.pbf).

       • The OPL format (usually with suffix .osm.opl) (writing only).

       • The O5M/O5C format (usually with suffix .o5m or .o5c) (reading only).

       • The "debug" format (usually with suffix .osm.debug) (writing only).

       In  addition  files in all formats except PBF can be compressed using gzip or bzip2.  (Add
       .gz or .bz2 suffixes, respectively.)

AUTODETECTION

       Which format a file has is usually autodetected from the file name suffix.

       If this doesn't work, either because you are reading from stdin or writing to  stdout,  or
       because  you have an unusual file name, you have to set the format manually.  You can also
       set the format manually if you want to set special format options.

       Most osmium commands support the --input-format and --output-format  options  to  set  the
       format.   They  take a comma-separated list of arguments, the first is the format, further
       arguments set additional options.

SPECIAL FORMAT OPTIONS

       The following options can be added when writing OSM files:

       xml_change_format=true/false
              Enable/disable XML change format.  Same as .osc.

       force_visible_flag=true/false (default: false)
              Force writing of visible flag, even for normal OSM XML files.

       pbf_dense_nodes=true/false (default: true)
              Enable/disable DenseNodes format for PBF files.

       pbf_compression=true/false (default: true)
              Enable/disable compression in PBF files.  Disabling this will make writing files  a
              bit faster, but the resulting files are 2 to 3 times bigger.

       add_metadata=true/false (default: true)
              Enable/disable  writing  of  object  metadata  such as changeset id, username, etc.
              Disabling this will make files a bit smaller.

EXAMPLES

       Here are some examples:

       pbf    PBF format.

       osm.bz2
              XML format, compressed with bzip2.

       osc.gz OSM change file, compressed with gzip.

       osm.gz,xml_change_format=true
              OSM change file, compressed with gzip.

SEE ALSO

       • osmium(1)

       • Osmium website (http://osmcode.org/osmium)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2013-2015 Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later  <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.   This  is
       free  software:  you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

CONTACT

       If   you   have   any   questions   or   want   to   report   a   bug,   please   go    to
       http://osmcode.org/contact.html

AUTHORS

       Jochen Topf <jochen@topf.org>.

                                              1.3.0                        OSMIUM-FILE-FORMATS(5)