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 3.8395763 39.9999710 4998275
#> 2 3.8362840 39.9889784 3774933
#> 3 3.9883139 39.9316044 4994892
#> 4 4.0344053 39.9174052 4985304
#> 5 4.0446157 39.9139244 4983885
#> 6 4.0763478 40.0647740 4947049
#> 7 4.2249808 39.8648249 4946024
#> 8 3.9842279 40.0521354 4939897
#> 9 4.0534009 39.9196354 4938003
#> 10 4.2515656 39.8894805 4921397
#> url
#> 1 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4998275.xml
#> 2 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/3774933.xml
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4983885.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4947049.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4946024.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4939897.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4938003.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4921397.xml
#> comment_url
#> 1 <NA>
#> 2 <NA>
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892/comment.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304/comment.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4983885/comment.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4947049/comment.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4946024/comment.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4939897/comment.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4938003/comment.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4921397/comment.xml
#> close_url
#> 1 <NA>
#> 2 <NA>
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892/close.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304/close.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4983885/close.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4947049/close.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4946024/close.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4939897/close.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4938003/close.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4921397/close.xml
#> date_created status
#> 1 2025-10-09 16:13:48 closed
#> 2 2023-07-11 09:57:11 closed
#> 3 2025-10-07 15:10:55 open
#> 4 2025-09-30 09:54:57 open
#> 5 2025-09-29 08:20:59 open
#> 6 2025-09-04 21:31:33 open
#> 7 2025-09-04 09:50:20 open
#> 8 2025-08-31 20:09:58 open
#> 9 2025-08-30 17:39:23 open
#> 10 2025-08-21 09:34:03 open
#> comments
#> 1 2 comments from 2025-10-09 to 2025-10-17 by TrixTrax, sanchi
#> 2 2 comments from 2023-07-11 to 2025-10-17 by NA, hectodium
#> 3 1 comment from 2025-10-07 by TrixTrax
#> 4 1 comment from 2025-09-30 by PiaVespRoll
#> 5 1 comment from 2025-09-29 by PiaVespRoll
#> 6 1 comment from 2025-09-04 by diibv
#> 7 1 comment from 2025-09-04 by anonymous user
#> 8 1 comment from 2025-08-31 by diibv
#> 9 1 comment from 2025-08-30 by diibv
#> 10 1 comment from 2025-08-21 by NewNox