[OSM-talk] Overpass area query gives results outside area...

[Jean-Marc Liotier]

On 06/11/2013 15:00, Pierre Béland wrote:
> There were few examples given over the last year.  To use the relation 
> no., you need to add 3600000000 to it.
>
>       192775 Relation
> + 3600000000
> = 3600192775
>
> These instructiions extract all nodes with the tag place inside the 
> limits of Dakar.
>
> node ["place"]
> (area:3600192775);
> out meta;

Whoah - it works... Thanks !

But why is 3600000000 the magic number ?

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