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Mapping quarries on OpenStreetMap

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Feb 14, 2026
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Having information about what is or was quarried in a quarry can be useful for historic research, be in industrial, social or even church history. In this video, I explain how to add that information to OpenStreetMap. Link to overpass-turbo query: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/2kup 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:23 How to map quarries and their resources on OpenStreetMap 00:02:03 Tagging scheme according to wiki.openstreetmap.org 00:05:10 Colour-coded quarry map for the Republic of Ireland created on overpass-turbo.eu 00:08:03 Two limestone quarries near Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny 00:08:53 Differences between the aerial imagery providers 00:12:15 A fossiliferous limestone quarry in Kiltorcan, Co. Kilkenny 00:16:10 A "Gravel Pit" on the British War Office map Thumbnail image: "Ballyknockan Quarry, Co Wicklow, Ireland" by Ridiculopathy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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