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I've played around with Overpass and GPT a bit. Here are a few examples that I think demonstrate the potential: Find all buildings that straddle the boundary b

I've played around with Overpass and GPT a bit. Here are a few examples that I think demonstrate the potential: Find all buildings that straddle the boundary between Glendale and Burbank in California: https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1636849040548675584 https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1636849040548675584 Finding the suspected origin of an explosion, by using the time from seeing the explosion on video to the time the sound of the explosion reaches the microphone: https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1636859983223734273 https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1636859983223734273 Someone on twitter asked "Is anyone aware of any 4 way stop intersections in Australia?" https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1516239321094713346 https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1516239321094713346 Finding examples of airport runways that cross highways: https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1709598048459132976 https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1709598048459132976 Finding banks that might be at risk of robbery: https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1716153200750051332 https://twitter.com/lemonodor/status/1716153200750051332

jjwiseman 3y ago
Bellingcat's Bellingcat OpenStreetMap search is a tool that wraps Overpass Turbo in an easier-to-use interface for the specific task of geolocation based on image and videos: https://osm-search.bellingcat.com https://osm-search.bellingcat.com
- jjwiseman 3y ago
  Here’s a video showing the sort of geolocation task the Bellingcat tool is intended for: https://youtu.be/GqKNKQ02pjY?si=DyAB3YZzl3gJUzT9 https://youtu.be/GqKNKQ02pjY?si=DyAB3YZzl3gJUzT9
WaxProlix 3y ago
This is awesome, but a lot of the queries I've tried to make seem to fail on OSM's data itself, which is sad. For instance, "coffee shops within a certain distance of fast EV chargers" would be really valuable, but the underlying data just doesn't have that EV data. So it's cool for a lot of stuff, but mostly explicitly streets; the other kinds of nodes all exist but aren't as well fleshed out as they could be (totally understandable).
- Doctor_Fegg 3y ago
  That’s because we’re all cyclists ;)

jjwiseman 3y ago

Bellingcat's Bellingcat OpenStreetMap search is a tool that wraps Overpass Turbo in an easier-to-use interface for the specific task of geolocation based on image and videos: https://osm-search.bellingcat.com https://osm-search.bellingcat.com

jjwiseman 3y ago
Here’s a video showing the sort of geolocation task the Bellingcat tool is intended for: https://youtu.be/GqKNKQ02pjY?si=DyAB3YZzl3gJUzT9 https://youtu.be/GqKNKQ02pjY?si=DyAB3YZzl3gJUzT9

WaxProlix 3y ago

This is awesome, but a lot of the queries I've tried to make seem to fail on OSM's data itself, which is sad. For instance, "coffee shops within a certain distance of fast EV chargers" would be really valuable, but the underlying data just doesn't have that EV data. So it's cool for a lot of stuff, but mostly explicitly streets; the other kinds of nodes all exist but aren't as well fleshed out as they could be (totally understandable).

Doctor_Fegg 3y ago
That’s because we’re all cyclists ;)