Inkscape - Custom SVG Maps from OpenStreetMap

Inkscape is a free and open source graphic design program for creating vector art.
You can download Inkscape here: inkscape.org/release/
Learn more about OpenStreetMap here:
www.openstreetmap.org/
Find more great free software at tjfree.com/

[@johnayres2303]

Your tutorials have been invaluable to me, especially this one. I have written up some local walks for my village website and illustrated them with openstreetmaps imported into Inkscape. There will also be a village information board detailing all the walks. I would not have been able to do this without your tutorials, thank you very much!

[@johnkelley9877]

That is neat! I will certainly use this as it could us find places quickly. Thanks for sharing this.

[@vittorianis]

You are awesome!! I'm a teacher and I 'm looking for this solution for a ton of years. So finally I can make some map for my students. I'm happy to find you sir really!.

[@JonathanPolis]

Fantastic. Thank you for doing this video.

[@marcossaraiva4245]

Thanks for the tip TJ!

[@slobasso30]

Hey TJ. Thank you these are fantastic tutorials!! I am looking to get outlines of lakes to make personalized wood signs. Would this be how to do it or is there a better way?

[@kouroshazarian6089]

Thank you! it was pretty helpful :D

[@ducmaycao]

you help me alot. Many thank from vietnam

[@uberawesomest]

awesome tutorial! You mentioned quickly there is a way to create a layered svg from downloaded data. Do you have any resources to using the API from OSM and processing the data to make a layered svg?

[@sampersoon7168]

hey Tj, thanks for sharing this. I'm currently starting up a career as a permaculture designer and learning to use the free software program Inkscape. I have tried to follow your steps explained in the video but what happens with me is that the imported svg file doesn't show up completely. I notice that it takes some time to upload but then it only shows a river depticted in my selected area, the rest just doesn't show up, stays blanc? Any idea what this means? 👌

[@petermarin]

how can you export from OSM of just selected layers? this would be super useful..

[@alienboysd7528]

Thank you!

[@ginameredith686]

life saver thank you so much

[@jesusg.3256]

Thank you.

[@YesiPleb]

I never knew about Open Street Map! One question, when you have loaded your SVG map data into Inkscape, how would you go about cutting out just a rectangle of it so it becomes a usable size?

[@JimKernix]

Right, it's unusable without being able to do that.

[@timac612]

Hold shift and then select with the mouse the area you want to cut out

[@DividedStates]

5:02 What are these "more advanced options for exporting the map data"??? I mean I love that OSM gives you SVG, but it would be a complete different deal to get layers!

[@Schnabeltassentier]

Yeah right? That seemed to be the most important part, how did he not specify that!?

[@vincebaker3384]

When you saved the map as a SVG file you checked the box for save the marker but when you opened it in escape I did not see any blue marker what happened.

[@TJFREE]

I actually unchecked it at minute 1:55, but the marker only appears for sharing a link or HTML, the marker does not appear in exported SVG files.

[@lynetteruzario5218]

this is very interesting

[@yapayzeka]

nice

[@Chadikenz]

I saw an Inkscape lesson. do you offer these?

[@leosmi1]

Wow

[@clickcrew2748]

Wholy shit! you live in idaho too? Do people online say that you live in the middle of nowhere? xD