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A short guide to making a freeway and county map using available data

osm-print-maps

A short guide to making a freeway and county map using available data

  1. Download freeway data from OpenStreetMap http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/gXl

  2. Download county data from the U.S. Census Bureau ftp://ftp2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2015/COUNTY/

  3. Download cropping file ("Download states and provinces") from Natural Earth http://www.naturalearthdata.com/downloads/10m-cultural-vectors/

  4. Select California counties and clip against the Natural Earth file

  5. Style

  6. Style some more

  7. Export your map from QGIS

Sources: OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth and U.S. Census Bureau

More reading: Use OpenStreetMap data in Mapbox Studio