From 5a8b0500d84301b683c850da93327e58723f8c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Sebastian Peterson <jpeterson57@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 14:53:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] list tower:type=communication

to do

I need a map of signal penetration fromthese points from digital elevation model
---
 examples/cell_towers.py | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 examples/cell_towers.py

diff --git a/examples/cell_towers.py b/examples/cell_towers.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..12f395ec4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cell_towers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/env python
+
+# Retrieves a list of cell towers for a named area.
+
+import overpass
+api = overpass.API(debug=False)
+
+import sys
+pos=sys.argv[1]
+rad=sys.argv[2]
+
+# query = 'node["tower:type"=communication]around(around:1234,61,23)'
+# query = 'node[man_made=mast](around:12345,61,23)'
+query = 'node[man_made=mast](around:{},{})'.format(rad,pos)
+print(query, file=sys.stderr)
+# exit(0)
+
+# result = api.Get(query, responseformat="csv(::towers)", verbosity="meta")
+# result = api.Get(query, responseformat="json(::towers)", verbosity="meta")
+result = api.Get(query, responseformat="json")
+import json
+print(json.dumps(result))
+exit(0)
+
+towers = {"type": []}
+del result[0]  # header
+for row in result:
+    uid = int(row[0])
+    username = row[1]
+    if uid in towers["type"]:
+        continue
+    towers["type"].append(uid)
+print(towers)