Overpass API developpement

[michael spreng <>]

Hi Roland

Thank you for the help. Symlinked the templates directory into the
database directory and all works well.

Just as a side remark: we haven't used it up until now. But lots of
discussions/desire for permanent ids in the last year have now initiated
some experimentation with that service. It is a quick way shows how to
work with OSM data where no permanent ids are maintained by mappers.

Interesting mention about the rules directory. That one is for the area
service, right? I didn't have that in the database directory, but area
worked just fine.

About documentation: probably the install page on the wiki
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Installation#Populating_the_DB
could use a mention. At least that's the page I usually find when
searching for overpass installation

Best regards
Michael


On 24.02.21 09:22, Roland Olbricht wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> I have problems getting the templates, or permanent ID service, to work
>> on overpass.osm.ch.
> 
> Thank you for the feedback.
> 
>> They got automatically installed in $EXEC_DIR/templates
> 
> They should go to the $DB_DIR/templates/ directory.
> 
> I'm sorry for the confusion. I have not been aware that the feature is
> still in active use. There is at the moment no automatic step to copy
> anything from $EXEC_DIR to $DB_DIR: git and make do not know where the
> $DB_DIR will located because it is configured later. And all later tools
> are not aware whether they run for the first time such that
> copy-if-missing violates the principle of least surprise.
> 
> I hope I will find and fix all spots in the documentation that some
> directories need to be copied or moved from $EXEC_DIR to their final
> locations (beside templates/ also rules/ and the probably obsolete
> augmented_diffs/ directory to $DB_DIR, and potentially html/ to the
> location of the static web path). There is even a directory for the
> public transport templates, and I'm not sure whether this is actively used.
> 
> To everybody: if you notice appropriate places in the documentation then
> please tell here on the list.
> 
> Best regards,
> Roland