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OpenStreetMap's Overpass API can be used to find robbable banks (toast.ooo)

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Saw this on HackerNews via @hn50@social.lansky.name

My Mastodon post about it & @watmildon@en.osm.town's reply linking to OpenStreetMap's documentation with an example to find banks far away from police stations

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[–] FrostKing@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, what's OSM?

[–] pietervdvn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

It is the abbreviation of OpenStreetMap.org, a crowdsourced map of the world. You've 100% sure already used the data of the project, in the form of Organic Maps, OsmAnd, the maps on Facebook, instagram en Whatsapp or Pokemon Go.

Also checkout !openstreetmap@lemmy.ml