Hi Chris,
Ah yeah, it's not very clever I'm afraid, that looks like a bug :( I'll fix it later this afternoon, but in the meantime it looks like you'll have to put the zip file in the current directory (or hack the code yourself).
No problem.
Another thing, I'd recommend against using anything other than the cities*.zip files for now. I don't currently take into account the record type in the file, so I'm not sure what'll happen if the file contains anything other than city entries. It's on the todo list!
Ooops, silly me. I just grabbed the first file that looked interesting. I should have read your email more carefully. So, I have just split the GB (with cities1000.zip) and I get: mapname: 63240001 description: GB-Plymouth input-file: 63240001.osm.gz mapname: 63240002 description: GB-Bristol input-file: 63240002.osm.gz mapname: 63240003 description: GB-Cardiff input-file: 63240003.osm.gz mapname: 63240004 description: GB-Swindon input-file: 63240004.osm.gz mapname: 63240005 description: GB-Birmingham input-file: 63240005.osm.gz mapname: 63240006 description: GB-Portsmouth input-file: 63240006.osm.gz mapname: 63240007 description: GB-Reading input-file: 63240007.osm.gz mapname: 63240008 description: GB-London input-file: 63240008.osm.gz mapname: 63240009 description: GB-Southend-on-Sea input-file: 63240009.osm.gz mapname: 63240010 description: GB-Luton input-file: 63240010.osm.gz mapname: 63240011 description: GB-Leicester input-file: 63240011.osm.gz mapname: 63240012 description: GB-Cambridge input-file: 63240012.osm.gz mapname: 63240013 description: GB-Norwich input-file: 63240013.osm.gz mapname: 63240014 description: GB-Blackpool input-file: 63240014.osm.gz mapname: 63240015 description: GB-Stoke-on-Trent input-file: 63240015.osm.gz mapname: 63240016 description: GB-Liverpool input-file: 63240016.osm.gz mapname: 63240017 description: GB-Sheffield input-file: 63240017.osm.gz mapname: 63240018 description: GB-Leeds input-file: 63240018.osm.gz mapname: 63240019 description: GB-Kingston upon Hull input-file: 63240019.osm.gz mapname: 63240020 description: GB-Glasgow input-file: 63240020.osm.gz mapname: 63240021 description: GB-Newcastle upon Tyne input-file: 63240021.osm.gz mapname: 63240022 description: GB-Aberdeen input-file: 63240022.osm.gz That's great. Many thanks for the new capability. Cheers, Mark