Crazy idea of the day:
could I use the Overpass API to find all possible weekend hiking trips in the alps?

I want to get tuples of tourism=alpine_hut which are not more than 7h walking distance from each other and can be either reached within 4,5h from a common parkinglot or have a bus stop within 4,5h walking distance.

From what I understand, even path distance sadly isn't trival in Overpass and generating such a query for a reasonable part of the alps probably means I need would need to set up my own OSM server with Overpass-API, right?

It really would be nice to not having to scan maps manually but actually being able to automate the process and get an automatic list of suggestions!

#OpenStreetMap #OSM #Overpass #OverpassAPI

@mvexel fully agree. After going into that rabbit hole I've been doing workshops on #Overpass QL, which I might turn into a talk at some point.

There's a lot of advanced examples in https://github.com/raphael-sch/OverpassNL/tree/main/dataset + a nice paper!

I can also recommend reading the official documentation at https://dev.overpass-api.de/overpass-doc, despite being incomplete.

Looking at the XML variant of queries can also help making more sense of the quirky syntax. You can use https://overpass-api.de/query_form to convert between the two.

#OSM

the world (well, the #OSM world) could do with more good #overpass QL tutorials. It's an intimidating query language and the documentation on the OSM wiki leaves a lot to be desired.

This project seems abandoned but it has a lot of promise: https://github.com/ldodds/overpass-doc

Is anyone aware of other efforts in this domain? #OpenStreetMap

@zverik I don't even use the regular #overpass data updates, and just do a fresh import every week.
I wouldn't even attempt to try to upgrade the overpass software without doing a fresh data update

#Overpass is such a powerful #OpenStreetMap tool, but it has the strangest version numbers ever. Latest release is v0.7.62.4
4 levels of version number! v0.7.0 was released more than 10 years ago...

Cripes, just do a “version one release” 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

http://dev.overpass-api.de/releases/

I am trying to work out how to get MascotMap pulling from Postpass. My current best result is that Postpass takes twice as long as Overpass to return the same data. Hopefully I can nerdsnipe someone into showing me a more efficient query.

Fortunately, I am an absolute noob so it's probably easy to do something better!

https://github.com/watmildon/HighSchoolMascotMap/issues/41

#OpenStreetMap #MascotMap #Postpass #Overpass

@feuerrot @karotte gut gesniped!

Also #Overpass-QL ist dafür denkbar schlecht. Man kann damit zwar Städte/Gemeinden suchen und in in einem Umkreis von X weitere nach bestimmten Eigenschaften weitere suchen. Es kann RegEx, aber weder Levenshtein noch nach Distanz sortieren (außer vielleicht über sehr komplizierte, ineffiziente Umwege).

Let's celebrate music in 2025 by listening to 10 great sounds from this year.

For number 6, Take It of Leave It from #overpass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqe8AiInMBc

"And it feels so wrong, it feels so wrong."

#retro2025
#musinauta

The old times: #retro2023, #retro2024

We all know and love Overpass Turbo, but Overpass Ultra uses #MapLibre which lets you style by interpolating colours, allowing you to make proper choropleth maps directly in your browser from #OpenStreetMap data.

https://overpass-ultra.us/
#overpass

To be fair, most questions we get as OSM Ireland are about boundaries, but the local conservation officer once asked me about limekilns.
https://youtu.be/RnY_JySNbEY
#openstreetmap #tutorial #opendata #overpass-turbo

Futuristic multirole fighter patrolling the sky.

#aiart #city #conceptart #cyberpunk #fighter #flyby #military #overpass #scifi #spaceship #vehicle #vastlandscape

Ist mal wieder Zeit für diese #Overpass-Abfrage:

[out:json][timeout:25];
{{geocodeArea:Deutschland}}->.searchArea;
nwr["name"="Fußgängerampel"](area.searchArea);
out geom;

Und der Name-ist-nur-der-Name-Preis geht dieses Mal an den Kurt-Schumacher-Platz in Berlin! 🍾

#openstreetmap

Feds charge 12 in alleged arson, attacks during immigration protests

Federal prosecutors announced charges Wednesday against 12 people who allegedly impeded officers or engaged in violence during demonstr…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #allegedviolence #Attack #chargewednesday #Essayli #federalauthority #federalofficer #federalprosecutor #freewayoverpass #immigrationprotest #june #Lawenforcement #losangelestimes #moreprotester #overpass #raid #UnitedStates #Us #USA
https://www.newsbeep.com/217418/

#MadchenAmick

Pilot Episode "Panic at Malibu Pier"

#RandomBaywatch #lvdlpx #Baywatch #sun #Highway #overpass #90sBeauty #FantasticActress #The90s #beach #PanicAtMalibuPier

A quick reminder: If you're displaying a lot of data (hundreds of megabytes) in #Overpass Turbo, use [out:json]. It will significantly reduce the freeze.

The funniest thing is that it often freezes while trying to render raw data in the Data tab, and not on the map. So it's not Leaflet that's at fault, but rather the code highlighting using CodeMirror.

I love that I can just query #osm with #overpass for random stuff like milk vending machines.

Compared to Google Maps, not only do I get more results this way, I get much more detailed information too.

Source: https://overpass-turbo.eu/