How can I list admin_level=4 areas of a specific country? Or find why supposedly admin_level=4 of another country is in it? AKA, why Poland conquered Belarus

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I wanted to list admin_level=4 administrative areas of Poland.

[out:xml][timeout:3600];
area
['ISO3166-1'='PL'] -> .parent_area;
  (
    relation["admin_level"=4]["boundary"="administrative"](area.parent_area);
  );
out tags;

used to work, but now it lists for example https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/59189

Overpass Turbo reports that its area database is massively outdated (969 days replication lag), so maybe it is not even OSM data issue.

How can I list admin_level=4 areas of a specific country? Preferably using pure OSM data?

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Depending on your country, you may get some good results by checking the relation tags only:

rel[admin_level=4]["ISO3166-2"~"^PL-"];
out geom;

Obviously, the results you’re gettings are mainly due to the outdated areas. If you calculcate areas on the fly (not support on the main instance), the result looks as expected:

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An mentioned elsewhere already, outdated areas are an operational issue that can only be fixed by the operator of an instance.

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Do you know whether/where overpass-api.de issues can be reported?

I looked at Overpass API - OpenStreetMap Wiki and https://overpass-api.de/ and help menu in Overpass Turbo and found nothing useful

Last one has

overpass turbo is maintained by Martin Raifer (tyr.asd at gmail.com).

but I think it refers to Overpass Turbo code, not to this specific instance.

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It’s probably one of the best hidden pages on the wiki: Overpass API/status - OpenStreetMap Wiki

As it’s already been reported quite a while ago, my suggestion would be to send an email to @drolbr now.

5

Areas are up-to-date again, and your query shows the expected results on the main instance again now.