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For example I see some feature a lake I can digitize it, but how can I export the data ( latitude/longitude/elevation info for analysis? I need this for my study project in school.

asked 10 Feb '17, 16:24

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The easiest is by using overpass; if you don't need too much data. You can do it using QuickOSM in QGIS, or with the user interface at overpass-turbo. The wizard will even help you write basic queries. This example loads lakes. You can then export the output in whatever format you like.

answered 10 Feb '17, 17:11

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Source code available on GitHub .