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= File > Open Location =
== Dialog ==
[[Image(source:trunk/images/openlocation.png)]] ''Keyboard shortcut:'' **`Ctrl+L`**

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**Load OSM data from an URL either in the current data layer or in a new data layer.**

The following dialog is displayed:

[[Image(download-location.png)]]

You can enter the URL where to download data from and click **Download URL**.

=== Separate Layer ===
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 in a new layer
* if **Separate Layer** is not selected, the data is loaded in the current data layer

If there isn't a data layer yet, a new data layer is always created. 

== Data sources ==

=== OSM API ===
==== Current version ====
The OSM web server is the main data source you can use here. For instance, if you know the [Concepts/Object#Objectids object id] of  a [Concepts/Object#NodesWaysRelations node, way, or relation] you can load the respective object with one of the following URLs: 

* for a node the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the node id)
* for a way the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the way id)
* for a relation the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/relation/123456789` (replace `123456789` with the relation id)

==== Older versions of objects ====
You can also load older versions of an object
* for a node the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/node/<node id>/123` (replace `123` with the version number)
* for a way the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/<way id>/123` (replace `123` with the version number)
* for a relation the URL is `http://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/relation/<relation id>/123` (replace `123` with the version number)

=== XAPI ===
TODO: [https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Xapi XAPI servers]

=== GPS ===

=== Overpass API ===


== See also ==
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/open.png)]] [Action/Open Open ...]
* [[Image(source:trunk/images/openrecent.png)]] [Action/OpenRecent Open Recent]

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