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Osmf: A simple command-line tool to explore OSM data (2020)

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   osmf <lat> <long> <radius_meter> [way_area<<value>] [way_area><value>] [<tag>=<value>]...

Cool, but I often start my with a place name, as opposed to lat/long.

   osmf $(oslatlong "Berlin, Germany") <radius_meter> [way_area<<value>] [way_area><value>] [<tag>=<value>]...

Unfortunately, oslatlong doesn't exist, but maybe something else does the job?

The nominatim service will provide you with a lat/lon:

    $ curl -s 'https://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?q=36%20Quai%20des%20Orfevres%20Paris&format=json' | jq .
    [
      {
        "place_id": 5797794,
        "licence": "Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. https://osm.org/copyright",
        "osm_type": "node",
        "osm_id": 676748219,
        ...
        "lat": "48.8554631",
        "lon": "2.3430218",
        ...
      }
    ]

Just be cautious with nominatim's rate limiting: you'll get banned pretty quickly if you ever put such queries in a script without a delay between different queries, a dozen of queries run in parallel or close together is enough. (been there, done that)

Yes indeed. Note that you can always run your own nominatim service :)

https://hub.docker.com/r/mediagis/nominatim/

I wanted to get the location for literally 48 addresses (I just wanted to get the location of all the nanny around my home!), clearly running a nominatim instance wasn't an option but I didn't expect my little script to get me banned instantly…

Fortunately the ban wasn't that long and the next day I managed to get the list I wanted, after putting a one-second delay between each API call.

Here's a quick and dirty implementation.

https://github.com/oogali/oslatlong

Awesome!

Well that's kind of confusing with the OSMF being a (in the community) very widely used abbreviation to refer to the OpenStreetMap Foundation. I guess we'll differentiate based on capitalization?

Author here. I've heard that before. Maybe I should really rename. Got any suggestions? "osms" (OSM search) might be misleading because it reminds me of SMS. "osmfind" is a little long for my taste, but well, maybe it's better than "osmf".

osmq where the 'q' is for query?

Oh, I like that one. I'll think about it for a bit, but maybe I'll take it. Thanks!

I just discovered https://osmq.eu and https://osmq.org. I guess this name is taken :(

May I suggest osmfd? I use fd instead of find on the command line. Also it just means adding one letter and no ambiguity.

Good idea. I'll think about it. Thanks!

XOSM - as in eXplore

CLOSM - might be better as a horror movie

Hmm, I'm afraid I'm a bit biased against anything "explore", because I always associate it with Microsoft (internet explorer and file explorer).

it sooths my soul that next to the cryptobros and data oligarchs there is a small community that chips away at making the world a better place - one command line tool at a time

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