Returns the existing notes in the specified bounding box. The notes will be ordered by the date of their last change, the most recent one will be first.
Usage
osm_read_bbox_notes(
bbox,
limit = 100,
closed = 7,
format = c("R", "sf", "xml", "rss", "json", "gpx")
)Arguments
- bbox
Coordinates for the area to retrieve the notes from (
left,bottom,right,top). Floating point numbers in degrees, expressing a valid bounding box, not larger than the configured size limit, 25 square degrees, not overlapping the dateline.- limit
Specifies the number of entries returned at max. A value between 1 and 10000 is valid. Default to 100.
- closed
Specifies the number of days a note needs to be closed to no longer be returned. A value of 0 means only open notes are returned. A value of -1 means all notes are returned. Default to 7.
- format
Format of the output. Can be
"R"(default),"sf""xml","rss","json"or"gpx".
Value
If format = "R", returns a data frame with one map note per row. If format = "sf", returns a sf object from
sf.
format = "xml"
Returns a xml2::xml_document with the following format:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osm version="0.6" generator="OpenStreetMap server" copyright="OpenStreetMap and contributors" attribution="https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" license="https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/">
<note lon="0.1000000" lat="51.0000000">
<id>16659</id>
<url>https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659</url>
<comment_url>https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659/comment</comment_url>
<close_url>https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659/close</close_url>
<date_created>2019-06-15 08:26:04 UTC</date_created>
<status>open</status>
<comments>
<comment>
<date>2019-06-15 08:26:04 UTC</date>
<uid>1234</uid>
<user>userName</user>
<user_url>https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/user/userName</user_url>
<action>opened</action>
<text>ThisIsANote</text>
<html><p>ThisIsANote</p></html>
</comment>
...
</comments>
</note>
...
</osm>format = "json"
Returns a list with the following json structure:
{
"type": "FeatureCollection",
"features": [
{
"type": "Feature",
"geometry": {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [0.1000000, 51.0000000]},
"properties": {
"id": 16659,
"url": "https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659.json",
"comment_url": "https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659/comment.json",
"close_url": "https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/16659/close.json",
"date_created": "2019-06-15 08:26:04 UTC",
"status": "open",
"comments": [
{"date": "2019-06-15 08:26:04 UTC", "uid": 1234, "user": "userName", "user_url": "https://master.apis.dev.openstreetmap.org/user/userName", "action": "opened", "text": "ThisIsANote", "html": "<p>ThisIsANote</p>"},
...
]
}
}
]
}See also
Other get notes' functions:
osm_feed_notes(),
osm_get_notes(),
osm_search_notes()
Examples
notes <- osm_read_bbox_notes(bbox = c(3.7854767, 39.7837403, 4.3347931, 40.1011851), limit = 10)
## bbox as a character value also works (bbox = "3.7854767,39.7837403,4.3347931,40.1011851").
notes
#> lon lat id
#> 1 4.2246801 39.8635777 4914248
#> 2 4.2748766 39.8868142 4906459
#> 3 3.8417747 39.9739189 4856956
#> 4 4.1653472 40.0345479 4802013
#> 5 4.2457265 39.8169421 4723941
#> 6 4.1381778 39.9361454 4781254
#> 7 4.1970076 39.8344992 4779758
#> 8 4.2305992 39.8241914 4772388
#> 9 3.8331880 39.9946760 4744904
#> 10 4.0762542 39.8982309 4729248
#> url
#> 1 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4914248.xml
#> 2 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4906459.xml
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4856956.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4802013.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4723941.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4781254.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4779758.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4772388.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4744904.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4729248.xml
#> comment_url
#> 1 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4914248/comment.xml
#> 2 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4906459/comment.xml
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4856956/comment.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4802013/comment.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4723941/comment.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4781254/comment.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4779758/comment.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4772388/comment.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4744904/comment.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4729248/comment.xml
#> close_url
#> 1 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4914248/close.xml
#> 2 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4906459/close.xml
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4856956/close.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4802013/close.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4723941/close.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4781254/close.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4779758/close.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4772388/close.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4744904/close.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4729248/close.xml
#> date_created status
#> 1 2025-08-17 08:48:07 open
#> 2 2025-08-12 16:38:24 open
#> 3 2025-07-15 16:06:42 open
#> 4 2025-06-12 09:33:54 open
#> 5 2025-04-23 09:07:19 open
#> 6 2025-05-29 22:33:23 open
#> 7 2025-05-28 18:17:12 open
#> 8 2025-05-23 16:21:10 open
#> 9 2025-05-06 09:41:41 open
#> 10 2025-04-26 17:42:48 open
#> comments
#> 1 1 comment from 2025-08-17 by kapazao
#> 2 1 comment from 2025-08-12 by cubila
#> 3 2 comments from 2025-07-15 to 2025-07-16 by hectodium, map p...
#> 4 1 comment from 2025-06-12 by Pan Perníček
#> 5 2 comments from 2025-04-23 to 2025-06-03 by DVDGC13, okwithm...
#> 6 1 comment from 2025-05-29 by Accai
#> 7 1 comment from 2025-05-28 by okwithmydecay
#> 8 1 comment from 2025-05-23 by okwithmydecay
#> 9 1 comment from 2025-05-06 by anonymous user
#> 10 1 comment from 2025-04-26 by DaveC46