@harry_wood the purpose wasn't to load balance overpass, but to encourage people to learn how to use SQL.
So often, clients come needing OSM Data and they have an overpass query. And ... You could have written it in SQL!!!
#Postpass is an #SQL server. It (#PostgreSQL) can do data processing, and convert your data, meaning your map styles are simple and easy to understand.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Postpass/Examples#Colouring_bus_routes_by_starting_number
Today's #Postpass quickie: The same address points (same number & street) but too close together. Possible mapping mistakes?
# Wochenrückblick, Ausgabe 139 (2026-17)
Themen:
🗺️ Bikerouter Route Manager verfügbar ✨
🗺️ Eigene Overpass-API-Instanz für Bikerouter oder lieber postpass?
🧭 Navigation im Blog aufgeräumt
✈️ Neuer Mastodon-Account für Flugsimulator-Screenshots
🔊 In dieser Woche gehört: Sisterhood 9, Katja Kilig, Ida Scheppert
#Wochenrückblick #Bikerouter #RouteManager #OverpassAPI #Overpass #OpenStreetMap #postpass #Blog #FlightSim #Techno
🗺️ Bikerouter Route Manager verfügbar 🗺️ Eigene Overpass-API-Instanz für Bikerouter oder lieber postpass? 🧭 Navigation im Blog aufgeräumt ✈️ Neuer Mastodon-Account für Flugsimulator-Screenshots 🔊 In dieser Woche gehört: Sisterhood 9, Katja Kilig, Ida Scheppert
RE: https://en.osm.town/@MapAmore/116254253660987536
More praise for #Postpass, the modern replacement to #Overpass
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