OpenStreetMap Overpass

liveGeography

Programmatic queries against OpenStreetMap. Raw Overpass QL plus helpers for "POIs near a point" and "all matches in a bbox". No auth.

3tools
0msauth
free tier50 calls/day

Tools

queryrequired: qql

Raw Overpass QL query against OSM.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
qqlreqstringOverpass QL query
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pois_nearrequired: latitude, longitude, tag

POIs in a radius around a lat/lon, filtered by OSM tag.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
latitudereqnumberCenter latitude
longitudereqnumberCenter longitude
radius_moptnumber1-10000 metres (default 1000)
tagreqstringOSM tag (e.g., "amenity=cafe", "shop", "tourism=museum")
limitoptnumberMax results (1-500, default 100)
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places_in_bboxrequired: south, west, north, east, tag

POIs inside a bounding box.

Parameters
NameTypeDescription
southreqnumberMin latitude
westreqnumberMin longitude
northreqnumberMax latitude
eastreqnumberMax longitude
tagreqstringOSM tag filter
limitoptnumberMax results (1-1000, default 200)
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/overpass/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/overpass/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"query","arguments":{"qql": "example"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("query", {"qql":"example"});
ask_pipeworx
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("programmatic queries against openstreetmap");