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 and geometry helpers.

Download OSM features

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.

Each button below downloads features using the corresponding query type.

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).