[OSM-dev] Retrieving nodes with a "wikipedia=" OSM tag in a certain area via an OSM API?
mmd
mmd.osm at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 11:37:48 UTC 2016
Hi,
Am 02.01.2016 um 10:03 schrieb Oleksiy Muzalyev:
> I repeat for clarity - I need to retrieve coordinates of nodes which
> have the OSM "wikipeida=", "wikimedia_commons=", "wikidata=" tag in the
> radius of 10 kilometres. I started to explore the Osmosis, the MapQuest
> Geocoding API, etc., but it seems to be an uncommon request. Is it
> possible at all?
>
I would recommend to use Overpass API for this task. Here's a sample
query which will return those nodes with a wikipedia, wikimedia_commons
or wikidata tag in 10km distance of a map's center point.
http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/dvp
Just move to the area you're interested in and hit "Run".
For more details, please refer to [1] and [2]
hth&best
mmd
[1]
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL#Relative_to_other_elements_.28around.29
[2]
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_turbo/Extended_Overpass_Queries
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