OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap Overpass API

The Overpass API is a read-only database engine for complex geospatial queries against the OSM dataset. Accepts Overpass QL or XML queries and returns results in XML, JSON, GeoJSON, or CSV. Safe usage: under 10,000 queries/day and under 1 GB/day. Python SDKs include overpass, overpy, and OSMPythonTools; JavaScript SDKs include query-overpass and overpass-ts.

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Documentation
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API

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Reference
https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
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DeveloperTools
https://overpass-turbo.eu/
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: openstreetmap:overpass-api
name: OpenStreetMap Overpass API
description: 'The Overpass API is a read-only database engine for complex geospatial queries against the
  OSM dataset. Accepts Overpass QL or XML queries and returns results in XML, JSON, GeoJSON, or CSV. Safe
  usage: under 10,000 queries/day and under 1 GB/day. Python SDKs include overpass, overpy, and OSMPythonTools;
  JavaScript SDKs include query-overpass and overpass-ts.'
humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
baseURL: https://overpass-api.de/api
tags:
- Geospatial
- Mapping
- Open Data
- XML
- Overpass
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
- type: Reference
  url: https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc/en/
- type: DeveloperTools
  url: https://overpass-turbo.eu/