Query municipal park inventory from OpenStreetMap via the Overpass API
domain: overpass-api.de · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Prototype your query in Overpass Turbo before scripting it, since it's the recommended interactive front end for Overpass QL
Write an Overpass QL query scoped to a bounding box, e.g. [out:json][bbox:south,west,north,east]; way[leisure=park]; (._;>;); out;
POST the finished query to https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter to run it programmatically
Include an explicit [timeout:N] and, for large areas, a [maxsize:N] setting to avoid server-side cutoffs
Parse the returned ways/nodes to build a park inventory with geometry and any tagged amenities
Known gotchas
leisure=park alone misses many municipal recreation amenities tagged differently (e.g., landuse=recreation_ground, leisure=pitch), so plan for multiple tag filters
The public overpass-api.de instance enforces rate limiting and query timeouts for large-area queries; heavy use should consider running against a mirror or self-hosted instance
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