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@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@ After [installing](INSTALL.md) this software, you may need to carry out some of
 
 Your installation comes with no geographic data loaded. You can either create new data using one of the editors (Potlatch 2, iD, JOSM etc) or by loading an OSM extract.
 
-* Use this [yet-to-be-written script](https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/282)
+After installing but before creating any users or data, import an extract with [Osmosis](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis) and the [``--write-apidb``](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage#--write-apidb_.28--wd.29) task.
+
+```
+osmosis --read-pbf greater-london-latest.osm.pbf \
+  --write-apidb host="localhost" database="openstreetmap" \
+  user="openstreetmap" password="" validateSchemaVersion="no"
+```
+
+Loading an apidb database with Osmosis is about **twenty** times slower than loading the equivalent data with osm2pgsql into a rendering database. [``--log-progress``](http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis/Detailed_Usage#--log-progress_.28--lp.29) may be desirable for status updates.
+
+To be able to edit the data you have loaded, you will need to use this [yet-to-be-written script](https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/issues/282).
 
 ## Managing Users