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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:

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

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

The OSM web server is the main data source you can use here. For instance, if you know the object id of a 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)

TODO: ​XAPI servers

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)

See also

• Open ...
• Open Recent

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