_Reader.read_osm_pbf

_Reader.read_osm_pbf(subregion_name, data_dir=None, readable=False, expand=False, parse_geometry=False, parse_properties=False, parse_other_tags=False, update=False, download=True, pickle_it=False, ret_pickle_path=False, rm_pbf_file=False, chunk_size_limit=50, verbose=False, **kwargs)

Read a PBF (.osm.pbf) data file of a geographic (sub)region.

Parameters:

  • subregion_name (str) – name of a geographic (sub)region (case-insensitive) that is available on Geofabrik free download server

  • data_dir (str or None) – directory where the .osm.pbf data file is located/saved; if None, the default local directory

  • readable (bool) – whether to parse each feature in the raw data, defaults to False

  • expand (bool) – whether to expand dict-like data into separate columns, defaults to False

  • parse_geometry (bool) – whether to represent the 'geometry' field in a shapely.geometry format, defaults to False

  • parse_properties (bool) – whether to represent the 'properties' field in a tabular format, defaults to False

  • parse_other_tags (bool) – whether to represent a 'other_tags' (of 'properties') in a dict format, defaults to False

  • download (bool) – whether to download/update the PBF data file of the given subregion, if it is not available at the specified path, defaults to True

  • update (bool) – whether to check to update pickle backup (if available), defaults to False

  • pickle_it (bool) – whether to save the .pbf data as a pickle file, defaults to False

  • ret_pickle_path (bool) – (when pickle_it=True) whether to return a path to the saved pickle file

  • rm_pbf_file (bool) – whether to delete the downloaded .osm.pbf file, defaults to False

  • chunk_size_limit (int or None) – threshold (in MB) that triggers the use of chunk parser, defaults to 50; if the size of the .osm.pbf file (in MB) is greater than chunk_size_limit, it will be parsed in a chunk-wise way

  • verbose (bool or int) – whether to print relevant information in console as the function runs, defaults to False

  • kwargs – [optional] parameters of the method PBFReadParse.read_pbf()

Returns:

dictionary of the .osm.pbf data; when pickle_it=True, return a tuple of the dictionary and a path to the pickle file

Return type:

dict or tuple or None

See examples for the methods GeofabrikReader.read_osm_pbf() and BBBikeReader.read_osm_pbf().