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Protocolbuffer Binary Format

file format related to the OpenStreetMap project
Place file_format Q25822322

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
file format
Official website
wiki.openstreetmap.org[20]
Based on
Protocol Buffers[2]
Copyright license
GNU Lesser General Public License[4]
Copyright status
copyrighted[22]
Developer
OpenStreetMap Foundation[3]
File extension
osm.pbf[21]
Software version identifier
1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4.0, 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.1, 1.7.0, 1.8.0[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Protocol Buffer Binary Format en PBF en Protocolbuffer Binary Format en OSM-binary en .osm.pbf en .pbf de OSM PBF de osmpbf
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Described at URL
wiki.openstreetmap.org
Issue tracker URL
github.com
Source code repository URL
github.com

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Summary

Protocolbuffer Binary Format is a file format[1].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 +12
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/386b92a73154|details]])"
  2. 14w ago · Github-wiki-bot bot · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Issue tracker URL → https://github.com/openstreetmap/OSM-binary/issues
    Developer → OpenStreetMap Foundation
    Official website → https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PBF_Format
    Described at URL → https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/PBF_Format
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Software version identifier, Update with GitHub data ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/CB/5fe1b46f4e80|details]])"
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