How to Install OpenStreetMap on Linux Mint

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install OpenStreetMap on Linux Mint.

Prerequisites

Before you start the installation process, you need to make sure that your system is up-to-date with the latest software packages. You can run the following command to update your system:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Steps to Install OpenStreetMap

Follow the steps below to install OpenStreetMap on Linux Mint:

1. Open a Terminal by pressing the Ctrl+Alt+T key combination.

2. Run the following command to install the required dependencies for OpenStreetMap:

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk postgresql postgis osmosis apache2 tomcat9

3. Once the installation of the dependencies is completed, you need to create a new user for the PostgreSQL database.

sudo -u postgres createuser osm

4. Assign a password for the new user:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER osm WITH PASSWORD 'your_password_here';"

5. Create a new database for OpenStreetMap.

sudo -u postgres createdb -E UTF8 -O osm gis

6. Install the osm2pgsql package which is a tool that helps to import OpenStreetMap data into PostgreSQL.

sudo apt install osm2pgsql

7. Download the OpenStreetMap data for your desired geographic region. You can download the data from Geofabrik.

wget https://download.geofabrik.de/asia/india-latest.osm.pbf

8. Import the data into the PostgreSQL database using the osm2pgsql command.

osm2pgsql --create --database gis --username osm --password --host=localhost india-latest.osm.pbf

9. Now, you need to configure the rendering framework for OpenStreetMap which is called Mapnik.

sudo apt install mapnik-utils

10. Download the stylesheet for the OpenStreetMap rendering.

sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto.git

11. Generate the Mapnik XML file for rendering.

cd openstreetmap-carto
scripts/get-shapefiles.py
python3 scripts/get-external-data.py
carto project.mml > mapnik.xml

12. Configure Apache web server to serve the OpenStreetMap tiles.

sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2enmod headers

13. Create a new virtual host file for Apache.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/osm.conf

14. Add the following content to the virtual host file.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName your_domain.com
    ServerAlias www.your_domain.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/osm

    <Directory /var/www/html/osm>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    RewriteEngine On

    ProxyRequests Off
    <Proxy *>
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
    </Proxy>

    ProxyPass /tiled/ http://localhost:8080/tiles/
    ProxyPassReverse /tiled/ http://localhost:8080/tiles/
</VirtualHost>

15. Enable the virtual host and reload the Apache service.

sudo a2ensite osm.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

16. Finally, start the Tomcat service.

sudo systemctl start tomcat9

That's it! You have successfully installed OpenStreetMap on Linux Mint. You can access your OpenStreetMap instance by navigating to your domain name in your web browser.

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