Overpass-query-box

This project contains a main installation script, install.sh. It will:

• Download and build Overpass API, and install few upstart script to run daemons (required for OSM daily updates, web API, areas generation).
• Download Overpass Turbo, edit its configuration to use our own server (localhost) and build it.
• Install and configure Nginx to use the freshly installed Overpass API and Turbo.
• (Optional) Install a crontab which runs a Python script to daily process Overpass requests and upload responses on a FTP server.

Usage

Usage: ./install.sh INSTALL_DIR OVERPASS_VERSION [FTP_SERVER FTP_USER FTP_PASSWORD] Where:

• INSTALL_DIR is the absolute path where to install Overpass API and its database.
• OVERPASS_VERSION The Overpass Version to use, ie. 0.7.52 (see http://dev.overpass-api.de/releases/).
• FTP_SERVER (optional): The FTP server on which to upload requests results processed by the crontab.
• FTP_USER (optional): The FTP username.
• FTP_PASSWORD (optional): The FTP password.

Daily requests and FTP upload

If you provide FTP credentials to the installation script, a Python script will daily run to process Overpass requests and upload responses on a remote server. This script will:

• Fetch all files on the remote FTP server in the directory /requests.
• Determines which requests to process: It runs every requests every 24 hours, or those which have been modified since the last processing.
• Pass its content to the Overpass interpreter and get the response.
• Upload each responses in a separate file on the FTP server.

License

This software is licensed under the MIT license.