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Overpass export from OpenStreetMap (not working yet)
wget -O buildingSchool.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/xapi?node[building=school][bbox=-120.722519,34.288326,-119.405861,35.133329][@meta]
wget -O buildingUniversity.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/xapi?node[building=university][bbox=-120.722519,34.288326,-119.405861,35.133329][@meta]
wget -O amenitySchool.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/xapi?node[amenity=school][bbox=-120.722519,34.288326,-119.405861,35.133329][@meta]
wget -O amenityUniversity.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/xapi?node[amenity=university][bbox=-120.722519,34.288326,-119.405861,35.133329][@meta]
wget -O UCSB_hydrants.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler.ru/cgi/xapi?node[emergency=fire_hydrant][bbox=-119.8908,34.3994,-119.8333,34.4283][@meta]
//[building="school"]
//[building="university"]
//[amenity="school"]
//[amenity="university"]
//To fire up WGET on my windows installation: navigate to C:\Users\USERNAME\Downloads\wget-1.11.4-1-bin\bin Then Shift+Right click, THEN "Open command window here"
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oeon commented Feb 25, 2013

also, consider downloading ways instead of nodes if you're looking for buildings...they're probably more commonly in the db as polygons vs points. Maybe grab nodes if you're querying amenity=school ??

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oeon commented Feb 25, 2013

wget -O schools.osm http://overpass.osm.rambler./cgi/xapi?way[building=school][bbox=-121.34792,34.89752,-119.47262,35.79522][@meta] works for me in SLO County bbox

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oeon commented Feb 25, 2013

do you need to flip your latitudes?

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@jlar Yep...had to flip. Thanks!

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