[openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website] API: `/api/0.6/map` that returns intersecting ways (Issue #6678)

Tom Hughes notifications at github.com
Mon Jan 5 17:50:26 UTC 2026


tomhughes left a comment (openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website#6678)

There is basically no way you can resolve this - with a topological data set there is no way to find ways that cross a bounding box without having a node in it.

I mean there is, but it involves reading every single way and it's nodes from the database and seeing if it intersects the bounding box.

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