Overpass API Query for Superroutes in OpenStreetMap?

Question

I have a superroute in OpenStreetMap which defines a network of mountain bike trails (12425503) and it contains member routes such as (8467869).

I'm trying to write an Overpass QL query for the superroute, which returns the member routes, relations, etc.

How do I write a query to do this?

This query successfully returns 8467869:

(
  relation["type"="route"]["ref"="EPIC"](46.458673519829,-87.67682075500488,46.52975664934808,-87.58721351623535);
);
way(r);
(._;>>;);
out body;

But this returns nothing:

(
  relation["type"="superroute"]["ref"="RAMBA"](46.458673519829,-87.67682075500488,46.52975664934808,-87.58721351623535);
);
way(r);
(._;>>;);
out body;

Answer 1

That's a known limitation, see https://github.com/drolbr/Overpass-API/issues/293

You can only query for those superroutes without the bounding box filter as described here: https://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/50752/how-do-i-get-route_master-and-its-children-via-overpass-ql-in-overpass-turbo

As a side note: please note that the use of relations (in this case the superroute) as categories is not recommended and in fact discouraged, see https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relations_are_not_categories

Answer 2

Found the answer thanks to this.

Turns out that superroutes don't have geometry of their own. So expanding the query, then setting a bbox for the child relations, does the trick:

(
  rel["type"="superroute"]["ref"="RAMBA"];
);
(rel(r)({{bbox}});>;);
out body;