spatialite_osm_map(1)

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version 5.1.0a · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 spatialite_osm_map — the manual, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so spatialite_osm_map is a lil command-line baddie from the spatialite fam, and its whole entire job is loading OSM-XML maps into a SpatiaLite DB. that's it. that's the gig. and honestly? it eats. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

spatialite_osm_map [-h] [-o pathname] [-d pathname] [-cs num] [-m] [-n]
                   [-jo]

like look at her. little flags, little pathnames, a whole personality. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

spatialite_osm_map is a tool for loading OSM-XML maps into a SpatiaLite DB.

no cap. that's literally what it does. you point it at a map file, you point it at a database, it does the thing. main character energy fr. 💅

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

  • -h, --help — shows you the help message. when you're lost and confused and need a friend to tell you what's going on. we've all been there. 🫶
  • -o pathname, --osm-path pathname — this is the path to your OSM-XML file, girl. that's the input.
💡 the tea: both OSM-XML (*.osm) and OSM-ProtoBuf (*.osm.pbf) are indifferently supported. yes you read that right. either one. she does not care. she will take both. iconic behaviour honestly. ✨
  • -d pathname, --db-path pathname — the path to your SpatiaLite DB. this is where everything lands. your output bestie. 📁
  • -cs num, --cache-size num — the DB cache size — and it's measured in how many pages, just so we're clear. tune it, vibe with it, live your truth. 💅
  • -m, --in-memory — uses an IN-MEMORY database. everything lives in RAM, nothing touches the disk. speed, but make it temporary. 🌈
  • -n, --no-spatial-index — suppresses R*Tree generation. no R*Tree for you. sometimes you just don't want the tree, and that's valid. 🌸
  • -jo, --journal-off — ⚠️ UNSAFE (but faster) mode. ⚠️ yes bestie, the manpage literally calls it unsafe. it's faster, sure, but it's giving chaos. do not say I didn't warn you. 💀
🎀 reminder that -jo is described as unsafe in the source material. I'm not being dramatic, that's just what it says. be careful out there. 🙈

and that's the whole page, bestie. go load some maps. slay. 🦋✨

— this was spatialite_osm_map(1), from the 9 February 2026 era, page spatialite_osm_map(1). mwah. 💖🎀👑

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