How to query for all highways in #OSM Overpass API (demo: overpass-turbo.eu/s/3sB):

<osm-script output="json">
  <query type="way" into="highways">
    <bbox-query {{bbox}}/>
    <has-kv k="highway" />
  </query>
 
  <union>
    <item set="highways"/>
    <recurse from="highways" type="down"/>
  </union>
  
  <print mode="body" order="quadtile"/>
</osm-script>

This returns all highways without filtering, check out the OSM Highway docs for different possible types of highway, and add a v="" attribute to the has-kv element to filter.

Latest weird, quirky thing discovered by accident whilst trawling through #OSM data: vikingsacrossafrica.webs.com

Want to get #OSM data quickly+easily? overpass-turbo.eu is excellent, even capable of displaying+exporting >15000 nodes (with a short browser hang)

I finished off the #OSM Nominatim geocoding. Tack .json onto the end of this URL and have a look in the tags array for goodies. h-adr and h-geo coming soon.

Making a plugin for my #indieweb software to add #OSM Nominatim geocode data to my posts with location. Also almost decided on a name for said software, pending it’s public release.