Overhead power lines are ways tagged power=line (minor lines power=minor_line); voltage holds the voltage in volts.
The query
[out:json][timeout:60]; way["power"="line"](46.8,7.0,47.3,8.0); out geom;
Run it
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How it works
- One way usually runs over many towers;
name,refandoperatordescribe the line. voltagecan hold several values separated by semicolons.
Variations
- Only 380 kV lines:
["voltage"~"380000"]. - Substations:
nwr["power"="substation"].
Run it from your code
curl https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter \
--data-urlencode 'data@query.overpassql'
import requests
query = open("query.overpassql").read()
r = requests.post("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter",
data={"data": query}, timeout=120)
r.raise_for_status()
print(r.json()["elements"][:3])
const res = await fetch("https://api.overpass.ch/v1/YOUR_API_KEY/interpreter", {
method: "POST",
body: new URLSearchParams({ data: query }),
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(await res.text());
console.log(await res.json());
Save the query as query.overpassql. It works the same in Overpass Turbo, QGIS and JOSM.