Hosted OSM databases as a service, accessible via API

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Are there any commercial services hosting OSM data without API limits (or at least with much higher limits than in Overpass)?

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Yes, you can request your own Overpass-API-Server here: GEOFABRIK // Overpass API

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There’s also postpass which is like overpass but backed by PostgreSQL and PostGIS. If it’s something you can do in PostGIS often a better option is to put some thin front-end in front of the DB to avoid allowing arbitrary queries to execute

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Thanks Paul. Is there any information about rate limits, ToS etc. of that postpass service?

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(I work at Geofabrik)
We don’t provide any guantees. Postpass is still sorta new.
If you want, you can self-host it. If you want to pay for commerical support for Postpass, then contact Geofabrik.

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You can use GeoDesk to create a GOL database (~ 100 GB for the whole planet), which you can then query locally using the GOL Tool or open-source toolkits for Java, Python and C++.

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I think the biggest question is what do you want out of the service? Are you after a geojson? OSM JSON? OSM XML? Something else?

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I want access to the full OSM dataset using PostGIS or Overpass API at a decent level of performance and not very high cost. I am building a personal project www.locationvault.com, where I am running Geofabrik DBs on PostGIS myself right now, but given the current quite low usage I am wondering if I can get OSM data as a service. Exact format is not that important I guess.