# Overpass API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/overpass-api/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

Overpass API is a read-only OpenStreetMap data API that enables querying geographic features including nodes, ways, relations, and tags using the Overpass Query Language (QL). It supports complex spatial queries with filters for bounding boxes, tags, proximity, area containment, and element relationships, making it the primary tool for extracting custom subsets of OSM data programmatically.

## Kin Score — 21.8 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 21.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 6.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 28.9 |
| Access Clarity | 28.9 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 20.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **Overpass API** — Read-only API for querying OpenStreetMap data. Supports retrieval of nodes, ways, relations, and areas using the Overpass Query Language (QL) or XML syntax, with output in JSON,...

## Security (1)

- **Overpass Api Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

OpenStreetMap, Geographic, Spatial, GIS, Maps, Open Data, Query Language

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/overpass-api/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.