Everything within a radius of a point

around searches a circle instead of a box. It is the right tool for questions like “what is near me?” or “what is within walking distance of this address?”.

The query

[out:json][timeout:25];
nwr["amenity"="pharmacy"](around:1000,40.7580,-73.9855);
out center;

Run it

Live result from overpass.ch, cached for up to 12 hours. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

How it works

1. (around:1000,40.7580,-73.9855) keeps elements within 1000 metres of the point (latitude, longitude).
2. nwr searches nodes, ways and relations, so pharmacies mapped as a building are found too.
3. out center; returns a single coordinate for every result.

Variations

• The radius is in metres. Large radii in dense cities return a lot of data: start small.
• around also works around other results, for example cafés near train stations.

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.