How to download OSM data around the world? #PyPSA

[pz-max]

Steps to follow:

1. Install PyPSA-Africa according to the documentation
2. Copy and rename the config.default.yaml to -> config.yaml
3. Add the country you want to download the data in the config.yaml:

countries: ["<name of country, region or continent>"]

The string you need to insert must be according to the osm_data_config.py. You could for instance, add a country "GB" (Great Britan), region "SAR" (Southern Asian Region), continent "europe", or simply the "world".

4. The features we support to download are currently (see here):

feature_list = ["substation", "generator", "line", "cable"]

The more features you list here, the more time the extraction process needs. There are much more features one could download with this script such as listed on OpenStreetMap. Please add a pull request if you tested more features and be a part of our mission.

5. Run snakemake while being located with your termian/command window at ~<your path>/pypsa-africa:

snakemake -j 1 download_osm_data

This will download the above features for your chosen countries according to the rule: download_osm_dataNote: If you run into an error check if the data is downloaded inpypsa-africa/data/raw`

6. Analyse in a jupyter notebook the downloaded content in pypsa-africa/notebooks/0_osm_build_network_plot.ipynb.

This jupyter notebook can be improved to be similar to other notebooks such as build_renewable_profiles.ipynb or add_electricity.ipynb (without "0" at the beginning). Maybe you want to contribute to make it nice? Known issues "#137".

[pz-max]

@euronion FYI