I'm trying to understand Overpass API, I'm experimenting with it, but cannot get what I expect. Overpass API doesn't return me neither polygon shapes, nor WKT, nor GEOJson, nor even a highlight of the area I'm querying for.
My goal is to get either WKT or GEOJson of current OSM relations (exactly polygons (a set of lng/lat points)) for countries and cities. For example, I want to get a polygon for France. I make these queries in http://overpass-turbo.eu/:
relation
["name"="France"]
["coverage"="polygon"]
["type"="boundary:administrative"];
out body;
The response I get, no any polygon lat/lng data:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osm version="0.6" generator="Overpass API">
<note>The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.</note>
<meta osm_base="2013-11-08T11:43:01Z"/>
</osm>
The second version of my request, I provide only a name:
relation
["name"="France"];
out body;
Now I get dilated information about the country, but no polygons either:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<osm version="0.6" generator="Overpass API">
<note>The data included in this document is from www.openstreetmap.org. The data is made available under ODbL.</note>
<meta osm_base="2013-11-08T11:37:02Z"/>
<relation id="11980">
<member type="node" ref="17807753" role="admin_centre"/>
<member type="relation" ref="1362232" role="outer"/>
<member type="relation" ref="1263863" role="outer"/>
<member type="relation" ref="1263868" role="outer"/>
<member type="relation" ref="1628087" role="outer"/>
<tag k="ISO3166-1" v="FR"/>
<tag k="TMC:cid_58:tabcd_1:Class" v="Area"/>
<tag k="TMC:cid_58:tabcd_1:LCLversion" v="8.00"/>
<tag k="TMC:cid_58:tabcd_1:LocationCode" v="2"/>
<tag k="admin_level" v="2"/>
<tag k="currency" v="EUR"/>
<tag k="flag" v="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg"/>
<tag k="land_area" v="administrative"/>
...... and so on ......
How to get a set of lng/lat (WKT or GEOJson) of the territory (countries and cities only) by their name?