Object search

Vespucci supports a large subset of JOSM search expressions, these can be used for locating and selecting specific objects in the in memory data, and for matching elements against roles in preset member_expression attributes.

As there is essentially no documentation available from JOSM there is no guarantee that the behaviour is the same in all cases, known and deliberate differences are noted below. A reformatted and expanded version of what is available from JOSM is available here JOSM filter documentation.

Supported expressions

	Syntax	Vespucci specific notes
✅	Baker Street
✅	"Baker Street"
✅	key:valuefragment
✅	-key:valuefragment
✅	key
✅	key=value
✅	key=*
✅	key=
✅	*=value
✅	key>reference	Compares the value associated with key to reference, if possible if will convert to numeric values first
✅	key<reference	dito
✅	expr expr
✅	expr | expr
✅	expr OR expr
✅	-expr
✅	(expr)
✅	type:node
✅	type:way
✅	type:relation
✅	closed
✅	untagged
✅	preset:"preset item path"	Vespucci uses "|" as preset path segment separator and only fixed tags are considered for matching
✅	preset:"preset group path/*"	The asterix is ignored, the relevant criteria is if the path references a preset group
	user:
✅	id:
✅	version:
	changeset:
✅	timestamp:
✅	nodes:range	All nodes are counted, for closed ways that implies that start and end node are counted separately
✅	ways:range
✅	tags:range
✅	role:role
✅	areasize:range
✅	waylength:range
✅	modified
✅	new
✅	selected
✅	incomplete	Only used for relations
✅	deleted
	child expr
	parent expr
✅	hasRole:role
	nth:number
	nth%:number
✅	inview
✅	allinview
✅	indownloadedarea
✅	allindownloadedarea