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 3.8966313 39.9235207 3876566
#> 2 3.8953735 39.9280748 3139391
#> 3 3.8923717 39.9277469 2295586
#> 4 3.8345008 39.9998912 3987138
#> 5 4.2707197 39.8881776 5029532
#> 6 3.9106600 39.9387017 5026416
#> 7 3.9640971 39.9393598 5016036
#> 8 3.9640783 39.9393557 5016035
#> 9 3.9883139 39.9316044 4994892
#> 10 4.0344053 39.9174052 4985304
#> url
#> 1 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/3876566.xml
#> 2 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/3139391.xml
#> 3 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/2295586.xml
#> 4 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/3987138.xml
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5029532.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5026416.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016036.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016035.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304.xml
#> comment_url
#> 1 <NA>
#> 2 <NA>
#> 3 <NA>
#> 4 <NA>
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5029532/comment.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5026416/comment.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016036/comment.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016035/comment.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892/comment.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304/comment.xml
#> close_url
#> 1 <NA>
#> 2 <NA>
#> 3 <NA>
#> 4 <NA>
#> 5 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5029532/close.xml
#> 6 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5026416/close.xml
#> 7 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016036/close.xml
#> 8 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/5016035/close.xml
#> 9 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4994892/close.xml
#> 10 https://api.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/notes/4985304/close.xml
#> date_created status
#> 1 2023-09-07 20:57:14 closed
#> 2 2022-04-18 10:33:38 closed
#> 3 2020-08-05 20:32:23 closed
#> 4 2023-11-14 14:31:29 closed
#> 5 2025-10-30 09:33:03 open
#> 6 2025-10-28 13:38:07 open
#> 7 2025-10-21 06:59:45 open
#> 8 2025-10-21 06:59:45 open
#> 9 2025-10-07 15:10:55 open
#> 10 2025-09-30 09:54:57 open
#> comments
#> 1 2 comments from 2023-09-07 to 2025-11-12 by diibv, Hugoren M...
#> 2 2 comments from 2022-04-18 to 2025-11-12 by fifirifi, Hugore...
#> 3 2 comments from 2020-08-05 to 2025-11-12 by Manu793, Hugoren...
#> 4 2 comments from 2023-11-14 to 2025-11-09 by samel, grau trav...
#> 5 1 comment from 2025-10-30 by TrixTrax
#> 6 1 comment from 2025-10-28 by Geovelo_Notes
#> 7 1 comment from 2025-10-21 by TrixTrax
#> 8 1 comment from 2025-10-21 by TrixTrax
#> 9 1 comment from 2025-10-07 by TrixTrax
#> 10 1 comment from 2025-09-30 by PiaVespRoll