OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world. The OSM ecosystem exposes a family of public REST APIs: the main editing API (v0.6) for CRUD operations on map data, the Overpass API for complex read-only geospatial queries, and the Nominatim API for forward and reverse geocoding. Map data is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and tile imagery under CC BY-SA 2.0.

OpenStreetMap publishes 11 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Capabilities API, Changesets API, Map Data API, and 8 more. Tagged areas include Geospatial, Mapping, Open Data, Geocoding, and Editing.

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

OpenStreetMap’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, documentation, engineering blog, support, and 24 more developer resources.

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44.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 100/100 alive saas · Copyright and License Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

2 published contracts 16 Features

Geospatial Mapping Open Data Geocoding Editing OpenStreetMap

What this lets a business do 1

Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →

Location & Mapping

AE-120

ChangesetsGeocodingMap DataNodesNotes

GET /search GET /reverse PUT /changeset/create POST /changeset/{id}/upload

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 44.4/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.3 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 15

Access Clarity 4.3 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.3 / 10

Contract Governance 0.9 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.0 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 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 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Government & Public Sector regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

7 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 28.9 — up to +14.2 composite points
Contract Governance scores 9.8 — up to +10.8 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 46.4 — up to +10.7 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Geospatial and Maps (OGC standards)	mixed	29.3	-	-
Open Data Portals (CKAN / DCAT)	mixed	29.3	-	-
Raycast Store Extensions (first-party publishers + community-wrapped products)	mixed	29.3	-	-
Obsidian Community Plugins (third-party APIs the Obsidian plugin ecosystem integrates)	mixed	29.3	-	-
Overture Maps Foundation (members + data contributors)	mixed	29.3	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

OAuth 2.0

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

APIs 11

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

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, GeoJ...

OpenStreetMap Capabilities API

API version and limits

OpenStreetMap Changesets API

Changeset management for grouped edits

OpenStreetMap Map Data API

Bulk map data retrieval by bounding box

OpenStreetMap Nodes API

OSM node (point) operations

OpenStreetMap Notes API

Community map notes

OpenStreetMap Relations API

OSM relation operations

OpenStreetMap Users API

User account information

OpenStreetMap Ways API

OSM way (line/polygon) operations

OpenStreetMap Geocoding API

Forward geocoding, reverse geocoding, and OSM object lookup

OpenStreetMap Status API

Server status and version information

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Postman Collections 8

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Changesets API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Map Data API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Nodes API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Notes API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Relations API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Users API

POSTMAN

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Ways API

POSTMAN

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Open Collections 11

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

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Changesets API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap Nominatim Geocoding API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Map Data API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Nodes API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Notes API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Relations API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap Nominatim Geocoding Status API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

OpenStreetMap API v0.6 Capabilities Ways API

OPEN COLLECTION

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OpenStreetMap API pricing

Not yet checked against OpenStreetMap's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-04 from www.openstreetmap.org/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Public API (Acceptable Use) freemium	Free
Self-Hosted (Recommended for Production) freemium	—
Third-Party Providers paid	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Tile server (osm.org): 2 requests per second
Nominatim (osm.org): 1 requests per second
Overpass API (overpass-api.de): 2 concurrent

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against OpenStreetMap's documentation. All 4 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Openstreetmap Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Openstreetmap Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

OpenStreetMap

SLA

FinOps 1

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

Openstreetmap Finops

FINOPS

Features 16

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Free open OSM data under ODbL license

Public API (osm.org) free for personal/educational use

AUP requires self-hosting or 3rd-party for production / heavy use

Tile server: 2 req/sec/IP cap

Nominatim: 1 req/sec/IP cap

Overpass API: 2 concurrent/IP cap

Self-hosting: osm2pgsql + Nominatim + tile renderer (Tilemaker, Mapnik)

Third-party providers: Mapbox, MapTiler, Geoapify, Stadia Maps, TomTom

Editing API for contributing data (free for verified users)

Planet downloads (XML or PBF)

Diff replication (minutely/hourly/daily)

Vector tiles via OpenMapTiles, Shortbread, Versatiles

Funded by OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) donations + corporate sponsors

Data updated continuously by ~10K daily contributors

Foundation policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/

Wiki: wiki.openstreetmap.org

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Openstreetmap Context

21 classes · 13 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

OpenStreetMap — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 9

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

Capabilities

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Changeset

13 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OpenStreetMap Node

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Note

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

NoteCollection

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

OSMData

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Relation

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

User

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Way

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Openstreetmap Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Security Posture 3

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

Openstreetmap Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Openstreetmap Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Openstreetmap Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Openstreetmap Scopes

7 scopes · authorizationCode

7 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Openstreetmap Agentic Access

18 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

Documentation 6

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Reference

Documentation

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PostmanWorkspace

PostmanWorkspace

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Forums

Forums

Support

Support

Commercial 6

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

FinOps

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: openstreetmap
name: OpenStreetMap
description: 'OpenStreetMap (OSM) is a collaborative project to create a free, editable map of the world. The OSM ecosystem
  exposes a family of public REST APIs: the main editing API (v0.6) for CRUD operations on map data, the Overpass API for
  complex read-only geospatial queries, and the Nominatim API for forward and reverse geocoding. Map data is licensed under
  the Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0 and tile imagery under CC BY-SA 2.0.'
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license: Copyright and License
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/openstreetmap.png
tags:
- Geospatial
- Mapping
- Open Data
- Geocoding
- Editing
- OpenStreetMap
created: '2026-03-18'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- 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/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-capabilities-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Capabilities API
  description: API version and limits
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Capabilities
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-capabilities-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-changesets-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Changesets API
  description: Changeset management for grouped edits
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Changesets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-changesets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-map-data-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Map Data API
  description: Bulk map data retrieval by bounding box
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Map Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-map-data-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-nodes-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Nodes API
  description: OSM node (point) operations
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Node
  tags_raw:
  - Nodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-nodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-notes-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Notes API
  description: Community map notes
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Notes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-notes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-relations-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Relations API
  description: OSM relation operations
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Relations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-relations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-users-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Users API
  description: User account information
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-ways-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Ways API
  description: OSM way (line/polygon) operations
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  baseURL: https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6
  tags:
  - Ways
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-ways-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://nominatim.org/release-docs/latest/api/Overview/
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/nominatim/
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-geocoding-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Geocoding API
  description: Forward geocoding, reverse geocoding, and OSM object lookup
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
  baseURL: https://overpass-api.de/api
  tags:
  - Geocoding
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-geocoding-api-openapi.yml
- aid: openstreetmap:openstreetmap-status-api
  name: OpenStreetMap Status API
  description: Server status and version information
  humanURL: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API
  baseURL: https://overpass-api.de/api
  tags:
  - Status
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/openstreetmap-status-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/openstreetmap-capability-edges.yml
  name: OpenStreetMap Business Capability Map
- type: Plans
  url: plans/openstreetmap-plans-pricing.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/openstreetmap-finops.yml
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/openstreetmap/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/openstreetmap-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/openstreetmap-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/openstreetmap-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/openstreetmap-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/openstreetmap-scopes.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/openstreetmap-foundation
- url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/
  name: OpenStreetMap
  type: Website
- url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/
  name: OSM Map
  type: Portal
- url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API
  name: API Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_v0.6
  name: API v0.6 Reference
  type: Reference
- url: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  name: API Usage Policy and Rate Limits
  type: RateLimits
- url: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use
  name: Terms of Use
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/
  name: OSM Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://github.com/openstreetmap
  name: GitHub Organization
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
  name: Copyright and License
  type: License
- url: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/
  name: ODbL 1.0 (Map Data)
  type: License
- url: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page
  name: OSM Wiki
  type: Documentation
- url: https://community.openstreetmap.org/
  name: OSM Community Forum
  type: Forums
- url: https://help.openstreetmap.org/
  name: Help
  type: Support
- url: https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
  name: OAuth 2.0 Authentication
  type: Authentication
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/openapi/openstreetmap-main-openapi.yml
  name: OSM Main API OpenAPI
  type: OpenAPI
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/openapi/openstreetmap-nominatim-openapi.yml
  name: Nominatim OpenAPI
  type: OpenAPI
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-schema/openstreetmap-node-schema.json
  name: OSM Node JSON Schema
  type: JSONSchema
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openstreetmap/refs/heads/main/json-ld/openstreetmap-context.jsonld
  name: OSM JSON-LD Context
  type: JSONLDContext
- type: Features
  data:
  - Free open OSM data under ODbL license
  - Public API (osm.org) free for personal/educational use
  - AUP requires self-hosting or 3rd-party for production / heavy use
  - 'Tile server: 2 req/sec/IP cap'
  - 'Nominatim: 1 req/sec/IP cap'
  - 'Overpass API: 2 concurrent/IP cap'
  - 'Self-hosting: osm2pgsql + Nominatim + tile renderer (Tilemaker, Mapnik)'
  - 'Third-party providers: Mapbox, MapTiler, Geoapify, Stadia Maps, TomTom'
  - Editing API for contributing data (free for verified users)
  - Planet downloads (XML or PBF)
  - Diff replication (minutely/hourly/daily)
  - Vector tiles via OpenMapTiles, Shortbread, Versatiles
  - Funded by OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) donations + corporate sponsors
  - Data updated continuously by ~10K daily contributors
  - 'Foundation policy: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/'
  - 'Wiki: wiki.openstreetmap.org'
  sources:
  - https://www.openstreetmap.org/
  - https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/api/
  updated: '2026-05-04'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

OpenStreetMap API — frequently asked questions

Does OpenStreetMap have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 11 APIs from OpenStreetMap, including OpenStreetMap Overpass API, OpenStreetMap Capabilities API and OpenStreetMap Changesets API, and 8 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the OpenStreetMap API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for OpenStreetMap, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the OpenStreetMap API?

OpenStreetMap documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Openstreetmap Authentication.

How much does the OpenStreetMap API cost?

APIs.io lists 3 pricing plans for OpenStreetMap, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the OpenStreetMap API ready for AI agents?

OpenStreetMap has a Kin Score of 44.4 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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