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Extracting objects by ID in OpenStreetMap.md

Go to https://www.openstreetmap.org/ and make a right-click on the object and select »object request«. See if it’s an node, way, relation or area and copy the id in the parentheses.

Open https://overpass-turbo.eu/ and type:

Node (Single Point)

(node(265576692);>;);
out skel;

Way (Could be a outline of a building as well)

(way(24448328);>;);
out skel;

Relation (A relation is a group of elements. Could be administrative boundaries)

(rel(4773565);>;);
out skel;

Find more information here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Overpass_API/Overpass_QL

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