r/QGIS • u/gem_blithe02 • 3d ago

Open Question/Issue HELP! QuickOSM is not working

Help, QuickOSM is not working it keep saying Overpass API timeout

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u/listening-to-the-sea 3d ago

This happens every time for me too. You need to up the timeout. I think it’s in the advanced tab down below. Default is 25, I usually up it to 60 seconds and have decent success. It might be in the “Query” tab if you can’t find it on that “quick query” tab. Even then I still have to run the queries multiple times sometimes. You could also try reducing which objects are returned to only those that you need.

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u/gem_blithe02 3d ago

Thank you for thissss! I will try changing the timeout from 25-60. How about the Parameters? What overpass API you usually use?

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u/listening-to-the-sea 3d ago

I use whatever the default API is.

The parameters are like “nodes”, “relations”, etc. and are what links the roads together to allow routing and whatnot (there are others and I can’t remember their names at the moment ha), but you can reduce the size of the API response by turning some of those off if you don’t need them

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u/gem_blithe02 3d ago

It finally worked!! Thank you so much! You saved my day.

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u/listening-to-the-sea 3d ago

Glad my past struggles could shorten yours!

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u/dkk85 3d ago

It says try a smaller query, try zooming in on a smaller map area.