[SOLVED] [Overpass] Avoiding duplicates with "out center;"?

General talk
1

Hello,

When going out mapping, I sometimes use “out center;” to export ways, because the smartphone app I use only let me delete waypoints, not ways. I delete each waypoint after I checked it.

Problem is, that command creates duplicates, so I have to go through a click/delete cycle twice for each.

Before I bother writing a script to clean up files before going out, is there a way to prevent OverpassTurbo from creating duplicates in the first place?

Thank you.

Here’s an example:

<Placemark>
  <name>WPT023</name>
  <Point>
    <coordinates>2.333725,48.813369</coordinates>
  </Point>
</Placemark>
<Placemark>
  <name>way/513879426</name>
  <Point>
    <coordinates>2.333725,48.813369</coordinates>
  </Point>
</Placemark>
2

Can you post your Overpass Turbo query as well? I used “out center” in the past with QGIS and it worked fine.

3

I’ve experienced this before, so it’s not this query per se:

[out:json][timeout:25];

//some city
rel(123);
map_to_area -> .searchArea;

(
way[highway]["oneway"="yes"](area.searchArea);
);

out center;
4

How do you convert Overpass output to KML?
I used Overpass Turbo built-in export function and no such thing occured.

5

I simply choose KML in the Export menu.

I’ve had this issue several times in the past, but only asked today.

–
Edit: I ran the query, chose GPX as output this time instead of KML, and found no duplicates. So it looks like an issue with export as KML.