osmdata is an R package for accessing OpenStreetMap (OSM) data using the Overpass API. The Overpass API (or OSM3S) is a read-only API that serves up custom selected parts of the OSM map data. Map data can be returned either as Simple Features (sf) or Spatial (sp) objects.

Installation

library(osmdata)
#> Data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0. http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright
packageVersion("osmdata")
#> [1] '0.0.4'

Usage

Overpass API queries can be built from a base query constructed with opq followed by add_osm_feature. The corresponding OSM objects are then downloaded and converted to R Simple Features (sf) objects with osmdata_sf() or to R Spatial (sp) objects with osmdata_sp(). For example,

q0 <- opq(bbox = c(-0.27, 51.47, -0.20, 51.50)) # Chiswick Eyot in London, U.K.
q1 <- add_osm_feature(q0, key = 'name', value = "Thames", value_exact = FALSE)
x <- osmdata_sf(q1)
x

#>  Object of class 'osmdata' with:
#>                   $bbox : 51.47,-0.27,51.5,-0.2
#>          $overpass_call : The call submitted to the overpass API
#>              $timestamp : [ Wed 4 May 2017 09:33:52 ]
#>             $osm_points : 'sf' Simple Features Collection with 21459 points
#>              $osm_lines : 'sf' Simple Features Collection with 1916 linestrings
#>           $osm_polygons : 'sf' Simple Features Collection with 23 polygons
#>         $osm_multilines : 'sf' Simple Features Collection with 5 multilinestrings
#>      $osm_multipolygons : 'sf' Simple Features Collection with 3 multipolygons

OSM data can also be downloaded in OSM XML format with osmdata_xml() and saved for use with other software.

osmdata_xml(q1, "data.xml")

The XML document is returned silently and may be passed directly to osmdata_sp() or osmdata_sf()

doc <- osmdata_xml(q1, "data.xml")
x <- osmdata_sf(q1, doc)

Or data can be read from a previously downloaded file:

x <- osmdata_sf(q1, "data.xml")

For more details, see the website

Style guide

We appreciate any contributions; those that comply with our general coding style even more. In four short points:

1. <- not =
2. Indent with four spaces
3. Be generous with other white spaces - you've got plenty of real estate on that big screen of yours.
4. Code is much easier to read when braces are vertically aligned, so please put { in the same vertical position as }.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.