import overpy import sys import simplejson as sjson import json import geocoder g = geocoder.ip('me') def maxspeed(coordinates, radius): lat, lon = coordinates api = overpy.Overpass() result = api.query(""" way(around:""" + radius + """,""" + lat + """,""" + lon + """) ["maxspeed"]; (._;>;); out body; """) results_list = [] for way in result.ways: road = {} road["name"] = way.tags.get("name", "n/a") road["speed_limit"] = way.tags.get("maxspeed", "n/a") nodes = [] for node in way.nodes: nodes.append((node.lat, node.lon)) road["nodes"] = nodes results_list.append(road) return results_list results = maxspeed((sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]), sys.argv[3]) # Alternative # results = maxspeed((lat, long, radius)) speedlimit = sjson.dumps(results[0]['speed_limit']).strip('\"') print(speedlimit)