overpass.ch changelog

version

1.2.0 → 1.3.0

https://overpass.ch/llms.txt

− overpass.ch runs the standard Overpass API on the full planet with metadata and minutely updates. Overpass QL and XML queries work unchanged. To move code from overpass-api.de, replace `https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter` with `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/interpreter`.− overpass.ch is also an MCP server (Model Context Protocol, Streamable HTTP) for AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code: `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/mcp`, or `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/mcp` with the key in `X-API-Key` or `Authorization: Bearer`. Its tools are `overpass_query`, `overpass_examples`, `geocode_search` (with `overpass_area_id` for `area(id:…)`), `geocode_reverse`, `elevation_points`, `elevation_profile` and `account_status`. Tool calls count like the same− - Small (CHF/EUR 19 or USD 25 a month): 100'000 requests, 125 million elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 2 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 180 s.− - Medium (CHF/EUR 59 or USD 79 a month): 1 million requests, 500 million elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 6 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 300 s.− - Large (CHF/EUR 149 or USD 199 a month): 3 million requests, 1.5 billion elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 10 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 600 s.− - Maps Small (CHF/EUR 9 or USD 12 a month): 2 million map tiles and 50 million elevation lookups a month.− - Maps Medium (CHF/EUR 29 or USD 39 a month): 10 million map tiles and 200 million elevation lookups a month.− - Maps Large (CHF/EUR 79 or USD 99 a month): 40 million map tiles and 500 million elevation lookups a month.− - Geocoding Small (CHF/EUR 19 or USD 25 a month): 1 million geocoding requests a month, 1'500 a minute.− - Geocoding Medium (CHF/EUR 49 or USD 65 a month): 5 million geocoding requests a month, 3'000 a minute.− - Geocoding Large (CHF/EUR 129 or USD 169 a month): 20 million geocoding requests a month, 6'000 a minute.− - [AI assistants (MCP)](https://overpass.ch/docs#mcp): the MCP server, its tools and the setup in Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code− - [Saved queries and change alerts](https://overpass.ch/docs/saved-queries): Medium and Large plans store a query under a name; it runs on a schedule, `GET https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/q/<name>` serves the last answer, and an e-mail or a signed webhook reports added, removed and changed elements− - [History queries](https://overpass.ch/docs#history): Medium and Large plans query the map at a past date (`[date:]`) and the changes between two dates (`[diff:]`, `[adiff:]`, XML only), version histories (`timeline`, `retro`), back to 2012-09-12; other plans get 403 `history_not_in_plan`. Examples: https://overpass.ch/examples#history+ overpass.ch runs a custom Rust engine, overpass-rust (https://github.com/cdutsov/overpass-rust), on the full planet with metadata and minutely updates; history queries run on Overpass API 0.7.62. Overpass QL and XML queries work unchanged. To move code from overpass-api.de, replace `https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter` with `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/interpreter`.+ On customer queries with identical answers on 11 and 12 November 2026, on the same hardware, the Rust engine was typically 84 times faster than Overpass API 0.7.62, the software of the public Overpass servers, on queries with answers under 100 KB, and 14 times faster in total time over all queries. On the afternoon of 5 November, five typical queries took 0.14–0.19 s each on overpass.ch and 35–120 s on overpass-api.de, overpass.kumi.systems and overpass.private.coffee, which answered some of the+ overpass.ch is also an MCP server (Model Context Protocol, Streamable HTTP) for AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code. In Claude, add it from the Claude directory: https://claude.ai/directory/overpass-ch. Apps that sign in to an overpass.ch account (OAuth with a Client ID Metadata Document, as Claude Code and ChatGPT do) connect to `https://api.overpass.ch/mcp`. Other clients send a key: `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/mcp`, or `https://api.overpass.ch/v1/mcp` with the + - Starter (CHF/EUR 19 or USD 25 a month): 100'000 requests, 125 million elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 2 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 180 s.+ - Pro (CHF/EUR 59 or USD 79 a month): 1 million requests, 500 million elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 6 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 300 s.+ - Business (CHF/EUR 149 or USD 199 a month): 3 million requests, 1.5 billion elevation lookups and 100'000 map tiles a month; 10 parallel queries, no per-minute limit, timeout up to 600 s.+ - Maps Starter (CHF/EUR 9 or USD 12 a month): 2 million map tiles and 50 million elevation lookups a month.+ - Maps Pro (CHF/EUR 29 or USD 39 a month): 10 million map tiles and 200 million elevation lookups a month.+ - Maps Business (CHF/EUR 79 or USD 99 a month): 40 million map tiles and 500 million elevation lookups a month.+ - Geocoding Starter (CHF/EUR 19 or USD 25 a month): 1 million geocoding requests a month, 1'500 a minute.+ - Geocoding Pro (CHF/EUR 49 or USD 65 a month): 5 million geocoding requests a month, 3'000 a minute.+ - Geocoding Business (CHF/EUR 129 or USD 169 a month): 20 million geocoding requests a month, 6'000 a minute.+ - [AI assistants (MCP)](https://overpass.ch/docs#mcp): the MCP server, its tools and the setup in Claude (from the Claude directory), ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code+ - [Saved queries and change alerts](https://overpass.ch/docs/saved-queries): Pro and Business plans store a query under a name; it runs on a schedule, `GET https://api.overpass.ch/v1/<API_KEY>/q/<name>` serves the last answer, and an e-mail or a signed webhook reports added, removed and changed elements+ - [History queries](https://overpass.ch/docs#history): Pro and Business plans query the map at a past date (`[date:]`) and the changes between two dates (`[diff:]`, `[adiff:]`, XML only), version histories (`timeline`, `retro`), back to 2012-09-12; other plans get 403 `history_not_in_plan`. Examples: https://overpass.ch/examples#history+ - [Overpass speed: overpass-rust and Overpass API compared](https://overpass.ch/guides/overpass-api-speed): Customer queries timed on overpass-rust and on Overpass API 0.7.62 on the same hardware, and what makes the Rust engine faster.

version

1.1.0 → 1.2.0

description

Overpass API on the full planet with history, plus geocoding and elevation. Needs an API key. → Overpass API on the full planet with history, plus geocoding and elevation. Needs an account.

remote_url

https://api.overpass.ch/v1/mcp → https://api.overpass.ch/mcp

version

1.0.2 → 1.1.0