📂Addons - PBF File

OpenStreepMap Data from Geofabrik or OpenStreetMap.

The purpose of having a PBF file is to help with the generation of the Earth Map using more accurate geographical data compared to downloading lower resolution from the overpass api.

Recommended, if checked inside the program when not using the pre-filtered pbf file addon.

If you have not downloaded the pre-filtered pbf file, you can find it in Addons - Part 1

Found on "Map Generation" tab

Different regions will not require the entire planet pbf, and can be done with just their region-specific pbf or the offline generation option. For example, if you are generating Europe, the map may only require a PBF specific to this region.

This file is optional.

Download Links:

This planet file can be over 60GB! This file can also be of any region you are trying to make; For example, North America does not require the entire planet file.

You only need to download one version of a PBF File. Multiple mirrors are provided mainly for convenience.

• Slow Download - PlanetOSM

• Suggested Mirror List - OSM (You are looking for a file named planet.osm.pbf)

• Mirror 2 - GeoFabrik (German Hosted) (Region PBF Files)

• Recommended Mirror for U.S. - planet-latest.osm.pbf (71 GB)

This file can go in anywhere on your disk drive, but for our example, it is in the main folder/directory installation of Tiles.

planet.osm.pbf File Example

Instructions on how to use the PBF file are shown in Map Generation