QuickOSM 2, QGIS 3

For the port/rewrite, see the master_q3 branch: https://github.com/3liz/QuickOSM/tree/master_q3

QuickOSM

• Current test status master :

Generalities

QuickOSM allows you to work quickly with OSM data in QGIS thanks to Overpass API.

• Write some queries for you by providing a key/value
• Choose to run the query on an area or an extent
• Configure the query : which layers, which columns …
• Save your queries in categories and run them later
• Open a local OSM (.osm or .pbf) with a specific osmconf in QGIS
• Build some models with QGIS Processing

There are some useful tips, like automatic colours on lines (if the tag is present) or some actions (right-click in the attribute table) for each entities (edit in JOSM for instance).

Authors

Etienne Trimaille : https://twitter.com/etrimaille

This internship was supervised by 3Liz : http://www.3liz.com

Getting started

Watch the Video tutorial

Install the QuickOSM plugin

• QGIS ‘Plugins’ menu -> ‘Manage and Install Plugins…’
• Search for ‘QuickOSM’ and select it
• ‘Install Plugin’

Try a quick query

• ‘Vector’ menu -> ‘Quick OSM’ -> ‘Dock -> ‘Quick Query’

a new panel appears on the right

• In the ‘key’ field enter ‘amenity’
• In the ‘value’ field enter ‘toilets’
• Set the name of the town/village to ‘London’
• ‘Run Query’

The Overpass API takes a few seconds to respond, and after that you should get new point and polygon layers for the toilets of London! (nodes and ways in OpenStreetMap with the amenity=toilet tag on them)