Evidence-backed facts
- Overpass API provides read-only filtering of OpenStreetMap nodes, ways, relations, and tags using its own query language. informative
- Public instances are shared services with usage policies, resource limits, and no guarantee that one endpoint can support bulk or high-rate workloads. informative
- The main OpenStreetMap editing API has different write, authentication, import, and automated-edit rules and must not be inferred from Overpass read access. informative
- OpenStreetMap data is community maintained and licensed; query results do not prove current ground truth, completeness, or permission for an automated edit. informative