adding geocouch to couchdb and add osm data

geocouchosm

1) have the couchdb source available, geocouch needs some headerfiles

2) get and unpack the appropriate branch of geocouch suited for your couchdb version -
   I have 1.3.0 so I got
   
   https://github.com/couchbase/geocouch/tree/couchdb1.3.x

3) set environment:

   export COUCH_SRC=/WHEREVER/apache-couchdb-1.3.0/src/couchdb/

4) cd into geocouch-couchdb1.3.x/ sourcetree, run make

5) you now have a couple of erlang "beam" files in your geocouch-couchdb1.3.x/ebin/, 
   a config file geocouch.ini in geocouch-couchdb1.3.x/etc/couchdb/default.d plus 
   some tests in geocouch-couchdb1.3.x/share/www/script/test/

    a) copy beam files into /usr/lib/couchdb/erlang/lib/geocouch-couchdb1.3.x/ebin
    b) copy geocouch.ini to /etc/couchdb/default.d/
    c) copy the geocouch tests to /usr/share/couchdb/www/script/test
    d) add those tests to /usr/share/couchdb/www/script/couch_tests.js - 
       I just added them at the end

// geocouch tests
loadTest("spatial.js");
loadTest("list_spatial.js");
loadTest("etags_spatial.js");
loadTest("multiple_spatial_rows.js");
loadTest("spatial_compaction.js");
loadTest("spatial_design_docs.js");
loadTest("spatial_bugfixes.js");
loadTest("spatial_offsets.js");

6) restart couchdb

7) run tests http://127.0.0.1:5984/_utils/couch_tests.html (just click the list above)

8) the documentation in https://github.com/couchbase/geocouch/tree/couchdb1.3.x contains 
   copy/paste examples, too.

9) install ruby script "shp2geocouch" which will take so called "shapefiles" and shove them 
   into your new geocouch

   gem install shp2geocouch

10) download "shapefiles" from http://downloads.cloudmade.com - start with something SMALL!

11) for starters, just call (see more details here: https://github.com/maxogden/shp2geocouch)

    shp2geocouch berlin.shapefiles.zip 

12) click 

    http://localhost:5984/_utils/database.html?berlin
    http://localhost:5984/berlin/_design/geo/_rewrite 
    
    shp2geocouch tells you the urls after import and BE HAPPY. \o/