Analysis

A variety of tools are available to query, mine, and otherwise analyze OpenStreetMap data.

List of tools

The following tools allow arbitrary queries rather than simply displaying precomposed reports:

Deep History – node, way, and relation history
GeoDesk – desktop application for high-performance queries
Ohsome Dashboard – tag usage history graphs, globally or by region, accounting for geometry
OhsomeHeX – spatial-temporal tag usage maps
osm tag history – global tag usage history graphs
osmium – quick statistics about extracts on the command line
Overpass API and overpass turbo – query OpenStreetMap based on tags and geometry
Postpass – thin wrapper around a PostgreSQL/PostGIS database with OSM data loaded
QGIS – desktop GIS suite
QLever – fast, high-volume queries cross-referencing OpenStreetMap, OpenHistoricalMap, and Wikidata
Sophox – federated queries of OpenStreetMap, OpenStreetMap Wiki data items, and Wikidata
taginfo – tag usage statistics, globally or by region
Wikidata Query Service – primarily queries Wikidata, including OpenStreetMap-related properties on Wikidata

Application programming interfaces
	Overpass API	Postpass	QLever	Sophox	Wikidata Query Service
Language	OverpassQL Overpass XML	PostgreSQL	GeoSPARQL	SPARQL	SPARQL
Inputs
OverpassQL query	N/A	no	no	Broken	no
OpenStreetMap elements	yes	yes	yes	yes	partial
OpenHistoricalMap elements	yes	no	yes	no	Chronologies only
OpenStreetMap tags	yes	yes	yes	yes	no
OpenStreetMap geometry	yes	yes	yes	Points only	no
OpenStreetMap topology	yes	yes	yes	Relations only	no
OpenStreetMap metadata	yes	no	yes	yes	no
OpenStreetMap history	yes	no	no	no	no
OpenStreetMap Wiki data items	no	no	no	yes	no
Wikidata items	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Performance analysis	no	no	yes	no	no
Outputs
JSON	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
GeoJSON	yes	yes	yes	no	no
GPX	no	no	no	no	no
KML	no	no	no	no	no
CSV/TSV	yes	no	yes	yes	yes

Integrated development environments
	Overpass turbo	Ultra	QLever UI	Sophox	Wikidata Query Service
Inputs
Query builder	yes	no	no	no	yes
Syntax highlighting	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
Autocompletion	no	no	yes	Keywords only	Wikidata items only
Bounding box from map	yes	yes	no	no	no
Nominatim query	yes	no	no	no	no
Query Services
Overpass	yes	yes	no	no	no
Postpass	yes	yes	no	no	no
QLever	no	yes	yes	no	no
Sophox	no	yes	no	yes	no
Wikidata Query Service	no	yes	no	no	yes
Transformations
Map styling	yes	yes	no	no	no
Turf.js	no	coming soon	no	no	no
Outputs
Interactive map	yes	yes	yes	Points only	yes
Clustering on map	no	no	yes	yes	yes
Heatmap	no	yes	yes	no	no
Embeddable page	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
Graphs	no	no	no	yes	yes
SVG	no	no	no	yes	yes
json	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
GeoJSON	yes	yes	yes	no	no
GPX	yes	no	no	no	no
KML	yes	no	no	no	no
CSV/TSV	yes	no	yes	yes	yes