The folks on newbies are pretty responsive and friendly! That being said, yes, questions about the API and Overpass probably belong on the dev list, or maybe some other list, but since newbies was the list I was on at the time, I started here.
What list does this thread belong on? I had originally thought that dev was for the core OSM developers, who might have frowned on elementary API questions. Tac On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Jeff Meyer <[email protected]> wrote: > Do any other subscribers think it's funny to see an Overpass API thread on > newbies@? > > > On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 12:50 PM, MERIGHI Marcus <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> [email protected] (Andrew Salzberg), 2013.05.17 (Fri) 19:27 >> (CEST): >> > just trying out the overpass API - very happily able to build scripts >> here >> > in overpass turbo that run great (http://overpass-turbo.eu/) but >> wanted to >> > take the next step and a) write a script in text file and b) send a >> request >> > via bash so that ultimately I can write a script to loop this for a few >> > cases. >> > >> > I'm basically an API newb (not just an OSM API newb) so I'm able to do >> > things like write a GET request but I'm not sure what the actual >> address I >> > should be putting in my request to overpass is? Try as I might I can't >> find >> > it in here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API I have >> working >> > .txt file with an <osm_script> in it that I'd like to send via bash to >> > overpass... if that makes sense. >> > any help much appreciated. >> >> my script below and attached, not used for about two years: >> >> bye, marcus >> >> #!/bin/sh -e >> # 14.0498277 48.3033928 14.6455346 48.5420446 >> # lon-min lat-min lon-max lat-max >> # top/max left/max bottom/min right/min >> # lon=laenge, lat=breite >> lonmin="${1}" >> latmin="${2}" >> lonmax="${3}" >> latmax="${4}" >> # >> # get data of larger areas from: >> # >> # http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API >> # http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/ (production) >> # http://www.overpass-api.de/ (testing) >> # >> # our query will be: >> # >> # union means: put all query results in to one result set >> # <union> >> # we do a even more comprehensive search than recommended in >> # http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API#The_map_query >> # because simplifyway does not like missing nodes/ways. >> # >> # first get all nodes for the bbox >> # <bbox-query s="51.249" n="51.251" w="7.148" e="7.152"/> >> # get all relations from nodes; keep default variable "_" populated >> # with bbox query by putting result into "rels" >> # <recurse type="node-relation" into="rels"/> >> # get all ways from nodes, fill default variable "_" with result >> # <recurse type="node-way"/> >> # get all relations for just discovered ways; keep result of node-way by >> # putting new results into var "waysrels" >> # <recurse type="way-relation" into="waysrels"/> >> # finally get all nodes for these ways, accessing default variable "_" >> which >> # was filled by way-relation above >> # <recurse type="way-node"/> >> # </union> >> # we want the result with all data (user, version, timestamp, ...) so we >> can >> # open it in JOSM and others >> # <print mode="meta"/> >> # >> # The attributes n and s are used for the latitudes of the >> # bounding box, w and e for the longitudes. See more details >> # about bbox below. >> # s the southern limit (bottom lat) >> # n the northern limit (top lat) >> # w the western limit (usually lower lon) >> # e the eastern limit (usually higher lon) >> # >> # possible values of recurse: >> # relation-relation, relation-backwards, relation-way, >> # relation-node, way-node, way-relation,node-relation, node-way >> # >> # create the url to query >> url="http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi"; >> url="${url}/interpreter" >> url="${url}?data=" >> url="${url}%3Cunion%3E" >> >> url="${url}%3Cbbox-query%20s=%22${latmin}%22%20n=%22${latmax}%22%20w=%22${lonmin}%22%20e=%22${lonmax}%22/%3E" >> url="${url}%3Crecurse%20type=%22node-relation%22%20into=%22rels%22/%3E" >> url="${url}%3Crecurse%20type=%22node-way%22/%3E" >> url="${url}%3Crecurse%20type=%22way-relation%22%20into=%22waysrels%22/%3E" >> url="${url}%3Crecurse%20type=%22way-node%22/%3E" >> url="${url}%3C/union%3E" >> url="${url}%3Cprint%20mode=%22meta%22/%3E" >> # now get the stuff and print it to stdout >> lynx -dump "${url}" >> # >> # does not work, ways/nodes missing >> # lynx -dump " >> http://www.overpass-api.de/api/xapi?*[bbox=${bboxstr}][@meta]"; \ >> # print "getting osm data from >> http://www.overpass-api.de/api/xapi?*[bbox=${bboxstr}][@meta]"; >> # print "getting osm data from >> http://api1.osm.absolight.net/api/0.6/map?bbox=${bboxstr}"; >> >> > !DSPAM:519668b88291234514069! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> newbies mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies >> >> > > > -- > Jeff Meyer > Global World History Atlas > www.gwhat.org > [email protected] > 206-676-2347 > > OpenStreetMap: Mapping with a Human Touch > <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> osm: Open Historical Map > (OHM) <http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Historical_Map> / my OSM > user page <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jeffmeyer> > t: @GWHAThistory <https://twitter.com/GWHAThistory> > f: GWHAThistory <https://www.facebook.com/GWHAThistory> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies > >
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