Osmosis is a command line Java application for processing Open Street Map (http://www.openstreetmap.org) data.
The tool consists of a series of pluggable components that can be chained together to perform a larger operation. For example, it has components for reading from database and from file, components for writing to database and to file, components for deriving and applying change sets to data sources, components for sorting data, etc. It has been written so that it is easy to add new features without re-writing common tasks such as file or database handling.
Some brief build, running and installation notes are provided below, however most documentation may be found on the project wiki page. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis
It is recommended to use a pre-built distribution archive rather than compile from source. The location of the latest builds are specified on the project wiki. These archives may be extracted to a location of your choice. The bin sub-directory should either be added to your PATH, or in the case of UNIX-like environments the "osmosis" script may be symlinked into an existing directory already on the PATH.
The easiest way to perform a full Osmosis build is to use the docker-based development environment. If you have docker and docker-compose installed, simply run the following command to build and launch a shell with everything required to run the full build and test suite.
./docker.sh
Osmosis is built using the Gradle (http://gradle.org) built tool. Gradle itself does not need to be installed because the gradlew script will install Gradle on first usage. The only requirements are a 1.7 JDK, and an Internet connection. Note that in the docker environment all downloads will still occur and be cached in your home directory.
Below are several commands useful to build the software. All commands must be run from the root of the source tree.
Perform a complete build including unit tests: ./gradlew build
Build the software without running unit tests:
./gradlew assemble
Clean the build tree: ./gradlew clean
Generate project files to allow the project to be imported into IntelliJ.
./gradlew idea
Generate project files to allow the project to be imported into Eclipse.
./gradlew eclipse
Verify checkstyle compliance: ./gradlew checkstyleMain checkstyleTest
After completing the build process, a working Osmosis installation is contained in the package sub-directory. The Osmosis launcher scripts reside in the bin sub-directory of package. On a UNIX-like environment use the "osmosis" script, on a Windows environment use the "osmosis.bat" script.
Distribution archives in zip and tar gzipped formats are contained in the package/build/distribution directory.
See https://trac.openstreetmap.org/query?status=!closed&component=osmosis