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= File > Download object =

[[Image(source:trunk/images/downloadprimitive.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **{{{Ctrl+Shift+O}}}**

Load one or several [wiki:Concepts/Object OSM objects] (node, way or relation) from the OSM API server either in the current data layer or in a new data layer.  The downloaded data will contain the way nodes for ways and optionally any referrers (ways or relations that reference the downloaded object). **Note**: Only the referrers of the downloaded object itself are downloaded, not the referrers for any of its children (way nodes).

The following dialog is displayed:

[[Image(DownloadObjectDialog.png)]]

You can choose the type of [wiki:Concepts/Object objects] ( [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/node.png)]] [wiki:Concepts/Object#Nodes node], [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/way.png)]] [wiki:Concepts/Object#Ways way], [[Image(source:trunk/images/data/relation.png)]] [wiki:Concepts/Object#Relations relation] or mixed) to download and enter their ID and click **Download object**. Use a comma seperated list for several objects of the same type and comma seperated list with the first letter of the type for mixed objects (e.g. {{{w123,n68,n211,r7}}}).

== Check boxes ==

* You can choose whether or not any referrers (parent relations) are to be downloaded:
 * if **Download referrers** is selected, any referring objects are downloaded
 * if **Download referrers** is not selected, no referrers are downloaded

* You can choose whether or not any relation members are to be downloaded:
 * if **Download relation members** is selected, any relation members are downloaded
 * if **Download relation members** is not selected, no members are downloaded

* You can control whether the data is loaded into the current or in a new layer:
 * if **Separate layer** is selected, the data is loaded into a new layer
 * if **Separate layer** is not selected, the data is merged into the current data layer[[BR]]
If there isn't a data layer yet, a new data layer is always created. 

== Data source ==
The OSM API server specified in [wiki:Preferences/Connection Connection Settings] is the data source used here.

== See also ==
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/download.png,20)]] [wiki:Download Download from OSM]
 * [[Image(source:trunk/images/downloadreferrers.png,20)]] [wiki:DownloadParentWaysAndRelation Download parent ways and relations]

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