geowiki-api | Geowiki.net

The database module, which loads data either from an Overpass API server or an OSM file. Starting with the upcoming version 4.0, can also run as a server process to emulate/proxy an Overpass API server.

Until v3, geowiki-api was called overpass-frontend.

Source code

https://github.com/geowiki-net/geowiki-api

Howtos

By plepe , 24 March 2026

Emulating an Overpass API server with Geowiki API, serving an OSM file

Geowiki API usually works inside the browser, requesting data from Overpass API. It can also run stand-alone, serving the data of an .osm file or proxying an Overpass API server.