We respawned this post (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173001) because this was too old for the second-chance pool (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26998308).

Hi everyone, author here!

I love making projects with OSM, but it can be challenging to figure out how to analyze the data. So I wrote the article I wish existed to help make it a little easier!

Another option is GeoDesk https://www.geodesk.com/