Features & POIs

The Features & POIs panel downloads OpenStreetMap features (points of interest, buildings, and other tagged geometry), snaps them to the street network, and provides geocoding/geometry helpers.

Download OSM Features

Download features by area; each button uses the corresponding query type. The feature source/type selector is shared with City2Graph ▸ Data Import, so the same preset or custom tags drive both entry points.

Selector Description
Source Choose OSMnx / Overpass for direct OSM tag queries, or Overture / City2Graph for Overture-backed presets with OSMnx fallbacks.
Feature Shared preset such as Buildings, Amenities, Restaurant, Shop, Health, Water, Highway, or Custom Tags.
Tags For Custom Tags, enter comma-separated key=value pairs such as amenity=restaurant.
Max Features Limit used by sources that support capping returned features.
Control Description
Place Download features for a geocoded place.
Address Download features around a postal address.
Point Download features around a coordinate.
BBox Download features within a bounding box.
Polygon (active obj) Download features within the active mesh’s polygon.
From XML File Load features from a local .osm XML file.

Snap POIs to Street Network

Control Description
Mode How POIs attach to the network (e.g. nearest node or edge).
Snap Active POIs Snaps the active POI object to the nearest network element.

Geocoding & Geometry

Control Description
Geocode Address Resolve an address to coordinates.
Geocode to GeoDataFrame Resolve a place to a GeoDataFrame geometry.
BBox from Point Derive a bounding box around a point.
BBox to Polygon Convert a bounding box into a polygon.
Buffer Geometry Buffer the active geometry by a distance.
Interpolate Points Interpolate points along lines.
Sample Points on Graph Sample random points on the graph edges.

Step-by-step tutorial

For a worked example using Burjassot, follow Download features (POIs).

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