Trees by genus or species

Many cities have imported their tree registers. Individual trees are points tagged natural=tree, often with genus, species and leaf_type.

The query

[out:json][timeout:60];
area["name"="Wien"]["admin_level"="4"]->.a;
node["natural"="tree"]["genus"="Tilia"](area.a);
out;

Run it

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How it works

1. genus holds the Latin genus, species the full Latin name, for example Tilia cordata.
2. Vienna maps over 170,000 trees. Filter before you output, or the answer gets large.

Variations

• How many trees in total? See count features.
• Conifers only: ["leaf_type"="needleleaved"].

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.