spatialite_osm_overpass(1)

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version 5.1.0a · 6 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

👑 NAME 👑

Okay bestie, gather round 🫶 — this is the manual page for spatialite_osm_overpass: a whole tool for downloading OSM XML via the Overpass API into a SpatiaLite DB. That's the mission. That's the vibe. That's the entire point of her existence. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Not me showing you exactly how you'd call her, character for character:

spatialite_osm_overpass [-h] [-d pathname] [-minx coord] [-maxx coord]
                        [-miny coord] [-maxy coord] [-o URL] [-mode
                        mode] [-cs num] [-m] [-jo] [-p]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So spatialite_osm_overpass is a tool for downloading OSM datasets via the Overpass API into a SpatiaLite DB. That's it. That's the whole personality. She goes out, she fetches, she writes into your database, she eats. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Here's the whole menu, no gatekeeping, every single flag included because I would never do you like that 💖

  • -h, --help — show the help message. The little "what do I even type" moment. 🙈
  • -d pathname, --db-path pathname — the SpatiaLite DB path. This is where your DB lives, so tell her nicely. 📁
  • -minx coord, --bbox-minx coord — BoundingBox west longitude.
  • -miny coord, --bbox-miny coord — BoundingBox east longitude.
  • -maxx coord, --bbox-maxx coord — BoundingBox south longitude.
  • -maxy coord, --bbox-maxy coord — BoundingBox north longitude.
💀 yes, that's literally what it says — minx is west, miny is east, maxx is south, maxy is north. I'm just the messenger, bestie, and the messenger copies the manual exactly. No cap.

and… you can specify the following options as well 👇

  • -o URL, --osm-service URL — the URL of the OSM Overpass service. Your options, iconically listed:
  • -mode mode, --mode mode — one of: RAW / MAP (default) / ROAD / RAIL. Pick your era. 🚗🚆
  • -cs num, --cache-size num — DB cache size (how many pages). Bigger number, bigger appetite. 🍓
  • -m, --in-memory — using an IN-MEMORY database. Poof, it's in RAM, nothing on disk. 🧚
  • -jo, --journal-off — unsafe (but faster) mode. Read that again, bestie: unsafe. It's giving "risky but quick" and the manual is not being dramatic, I am. 😭🔥
  • -p, --preserve — skipping final cleanup (preserving OSM tables). She leaves the OSM tables right where they are instead of tidying up. 🫶

💌 that's the whole page 💌

You read the entire thing, every flag, every default, every URL, nothing skipped and nothing invented. Proud of you. 💖

Mwah 💋 — this one was dated 9 February 2026 and it comes to you from the spatialite_osm_overpass(1) manual. periodt. 🌈✨

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