Overpass API
Read-only query API for OpenStreetMap data
Overpass API is a self-hostable, read-only database and query engine for OpenStreetMap data. It lets users run powerful spatial and attribute queries to extract custom map datasets.
Key features
- Powerful OSM query language
- Spatial and tag filtering
- Custom data extraction
- Self-hostable database
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- Written in C++
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