[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"howto:osm:ios:en":3},{"resolvedFromAlias":4,"canonicalExt":5,"ext":5,"name":6,"category":7,"categoryName":8,"updatedAt":9,"os":10,"osLabel":11,"quickSolution":12,"stepByStep":13,"recommendedSoftware":15,"alternativeMethods":16,"commonIssues":17,"securityNote":36,"extensionPath":37,"extensionLabel":38,"breadcrumbs":39,"metaDescription":49},false,"osm","OpenStreetMap OSM XML (map data)","gis","GIS","2026-06-12T08:54:02.707Z","ios","iOS","To open .OSM files on iOS, there is no commonly documented iOS-native way in the provided sources to import .osm directly; transfer the file to a desktop GIS tool (for example QGIS) or a GDAL-based workflow to open it.",[14],"There is no commonly documented iOS-native way in the provided sources to import .osm directly; transfer the file to a desktop GIS tool (for example QGIS) or a GDAL-based workflow to open it.",[],[],[18,24,30],{"title":19,"description":20,"steps":21},"The file opens as plain text instead of a map layer",".osm is XML. If you open it in a text editor, you will see XML elements (including an \u003Cosm> root), not a rendered map. To view it as geographic data, you must import it using OSM-aware GIS tools.",[22,23],"Open the file using a GIS tool that supports OpenStreetMap OSM XML (for example, QGIS’s OpenStreetMap tools that load OSM from file).","If you are using a GDAL-based workflow, ensure you are reading it with the OpenStreetMap driver support for .osm.",{"title":25,"description":26,"steps":27},"Import fails or appears empty","Some tools expect a valid OSM XML structure (with nodes/ways/relations under an \u003Cosm> element). If the file is incomplete, truncated, or not actually OSM XML, imports can fail or show no features.",[28,29],"Open the file in a text editor and confirm it is OSM XML (look for an \u003Cosm> root element and elements like \u003Cnode>, \u003Cway>, and \u003Crelation>).","If the file came from an API response or download, re-download the data and try importing again.",{"title":31,"description":32,"steps":33},"Performance problems with large .osm files","OSM XML is verbose; large extracts can be slow to open and memory-intensive in desktop GIS tools compared with more compact representations.",[34,35],"If possible for your workflow, use software that supports efficient OSM handling and conversion via GDAL’s OpenStreetMap support.","Work with smaller geographic extracts (download a smaller area) and then load/import again.","OSM XML is data (nodes/ways/relations and tags), not an executable format, but it can still be a risk to open untrusted files in complex parsers due to potential XML parsing vulnerabilities in third-party tools.","/file-extension/osm",".OSM",[40,43,46],{"label":41,"to":42},"Home","/",{"label":44,"to":45},"How To","/file-extension",{"label":47,"to":48},"Open .OSM on iOS","/how-to/open-osm-on-ios","Learn how to open .OSM files on iOS with step-by-step instructions, recommended software, and troubleshooting tips."]