Geofabrik

Geofabrik is a geographic data processing company specializing in OpenStreetMap data extraction, processing, and distribution. Their download REST API provides daily-updated OSM extracts in PBF, shapefile, and GeoPackage formats for every region of the world, alongside paid managed services for geocoding (Nominatim/Photon), routing (OSRM/GraphHopper), and the Overpass API for advanced OSM queries. All public downloads are free under the ODbL 1.0 license.

Geofabrik publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Downloads API, Index API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include OpenStreetMap, Geospatial, GIS, Maps, and Downloads.

The Geofabrik catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Geofabrik’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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27.4/100 thin ▼ -5.6 Agent 21/100 agent aware Front door AI 1/6 silent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try

1 published contract

OpenStreetMap Geospatial GIS Maps DownloadsOSMRouting Geocoding

Kin Score

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scored 2026-10-17 · rubric v0.24.0

Composite quality — 27.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 11.5 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 2.0 / 17

Access Clarity 3.1 / 17

Operational Transparency 0.6 / 11

Contract Governance 1.0 / 10

Discoverability 5.6 / 9

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Markets this provider is in provisional

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Geospatial and Maps (OGC standards)	undeclared	-	-	-

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Geofabrik Overpass API

Managed Overpass API service providing a reliable, low-latency alternative to the public OpenStreetMap Overpass servers for running complex OSM data queries. Available in Small ...

Geofabrik Geocoding API

Managed geocoding service powered by Nominatim and Photon, converting addresses to coordinates and vice versa using OpenStreetMap data. Photon supports auto-completion and typo ...

Geofabrik Routing API

Managed routing service powered by OSRM and GraphHopper for route calculation, turn-by-turn instructions, distance matrix computation, isochrones, and map matching. OSRM support...

Geofabrik Downloads API

Direct download of OSM data extract files

Geofabrik Index API

Machine-readable index of all available extracts

Open Collections 3

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Geofabrik Download Downloads API

OPEN COLLECTION

Geofabrik Download Downloads Index API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Geofabrik Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Geofabrik Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Geofabrik Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Geofabrik Context

30 classes · 12 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Geofabrik — jsonschema rules

6 rules · 4 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Geofabrik Extract Index

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Geofabrik Extract Index Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Geofabrik Domain Security

TLSv1.3

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Geofabrik Agentic Access

5 operations

5 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Mastodon

Mastodon

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: geofabrik
name: Geofabrik
description: Geofabrik is a geographic data processing company specializing in OpenStreetMap data extraction, processing,
  and distribution. Their download REST API provides daily-updated OSM extracts in PBF, shapefile, and GeoPackage formats
  for every region of the world, alongside paid managed services for geocoding (Nominatim/Photon), routing (OSRM/GraphHopper),
  and the Overpass API for advanced OSM queries. All public downloads are free under the ODbL 1.0 license.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/geofabrik.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/geofabrik/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
type: Index
tags:
- OpenStreetMap
- Geospatial
- GIS
- Maps
- Downloads
- OSM
- Routing
- Geocoding
tags_raw:
- OpenStreetMap
- Geospatial
- GIS
- Maps
- Download
- OSM
- Routing
- Geocoding
apis:
- aid: geofabrik:overpass-api
  name: Geofabrik Overpass API
  description: Managed Overpass API service providing a reliable, low-latency alternative to the public OpenStreetMap Overpass
    servers for running complex OSM data queries. Available in Small (10k req/mo), Medium (100k req/mo), Large (1M req/mo),
    and XXL (unlimited) tiers, billed annually.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/overpass-api.html
  baseURL: https://overpass-api.de
  tags:
  - OpenStreetMap
  - Overpass
  - Query
  - Geospatial
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/overpass-api.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/overpass-api.html
- aid: geofabrik:geocoding-api
  name: Geofabrik Geocoding API
  description: Managed geocoding service powered by Nominatim and Photon, converting addresses to coordinates and vice versa
    using OpenStreetMap data. Photon supports auto-completion and typo tolerance. Available in Small (100k req/mo), Medium
    (1M req/mo), Large (10M req/mo), and XXL (unlimited) plans.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/geocoding.html
  baseURL: https://nominatim.geofabrik.de
  tags:
  - Geocoding
  - Nominatim
  - Photon
  - OpenStreetMap
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/geocoding.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/geocoding.html
- aid: geofabrik:routing-api
  name: Geofabrik Routing API
  description: Managed routing service powered by OSRM and GraphHopper for route calculation, turn-by-turn instructions, distance
    matrix computation, isochrones, and map matching. OSRM supports car routing and matrix calculations; GraphHopper supports
    car, truck, and foot profiles with isochrone support.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/routing.html
  baseURL: https://routing.geofabrik.de
  tags:
  - Routing
  - OSRM
  - GraphHopper
  - OpenStreetMap
  - Navigation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/routing.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/routing.html
- aid: geofabrik:geofabrik-downloads-api
  name: Geofabrik Downloads API
  description: Direct download of OSM data extract files
  humanURL: https://download.geofabrik.de
  baseURL: https://download.geofabrik.de
  tags:
  - Downloads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/geofabrik-downloads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://download.geofabrik.de/technical.html
- aid: geofabrik:geofabrik-index-api
  name: Geofabrik Index API
  description: Machine-readable index of all available extracts
  humanURL: https://download.geofabrik.de
  baseURL: https://download.geofabrik.de
  tags:
  - Index
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/geofabrik-index-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://download.geofabrik.de/technical.html
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/geofabrik-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/geofabrik-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.geofabrik.de
- type: Documentation
  url: https://download.geofabrik.de/technical.html
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/geofabrik
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.geofabrik.de
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.geofabrik.de/data/overpass-api.html
- type: X
  url: https://twitter.com/geofabrik
- type: Mastodon
  url: https://en.osm.town/@geofabrik
- type: Plans
  url: plans/geofabrik-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/geofabrik-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/geofabrik-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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