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Mon 19 Feb 2024 11:37AM

Import Excel Data

CC Chiara Chiesa Public Seen by 44

Hi everyone, I'm new to OSM and I was wondering if it's possible to import data from a Excel spreadsheet and how.

thank you! Chiara

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Alexei Tue 20 Feb 2024 8:12AM

Hi Chiara,

It would depend a bit on what data you have in your excel - eg is it coordinates, addresses, postcodes, or something else?

Regardless, you wouldn't be able to add to OSM directly from the Excel, you'd need an intermediate step first to convert the Excel data to geographic data, for example using QGIS.

You should also be aware that there are guides for doing bulk imports of data into OSM:

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import

Depending on what data you have, these guidelines might apply.