diff --git a/measprocess/geospatial.py b/measprocess/geospatial.py
index d426cc683e392af6809242dac002799785f0624c..4a3b30b3a1fc0aee42883f576e1ca53d790b5aae 100644
--- a/measprocess/geospatial.py
+++ b/measprocess/geospatial.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import overpy
 import geopandas as gpd
-from shapely.geometry import LineString, Polygon
+from shapely.geometry import LineString, Polygon, box
 from scipy.spatial.distance import cdist
 import numpy as np
 import warnings
 import time
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt 
 
 def make_overpy_request(request_body : str, retries : int):
     for _ in range(retries):
@@ -19,11 +20,13 @@ def make_overpy_request(request_body : str, retries : int):
         else:
             return result
 
-def get_geoseries_streets(measurement_coords : gpd.GeoSeries, retries : int = 5) -> gpd.GeoSeries:
+def get_geoseries_streets(measurement_coords : gpd.GeoSeries, retries : int = 5, crop : bool = False) -> gpd.GeoSeries:
     '''
     Obtain the street shapes in the area spanned by the measurement_coords.
 
     :param measurement_coords: A geopandas geoseries of Points(lon, lat) representing the measurement positions in a EPSG:4326 projection
+    :param retries: Number of retries for overpy requests, default:5
+    :param crop: Set to True if the returned geoseries should be fixed to bounding box determined by measurement_coords, default: False
 
     :return: A geopandas geoseries consiting of LineStrings representing the streets in EPSG:4326
     '''
@@ -49,10 +52,13 @@ def get_geoseries_streets(measurement_coords : gpd.GeoSeries, retries : int = 5)
 
     street_series = gpd.GeoSeries(
         LineString(
-            ((node.lon, node.lat) for node in way.nodes)
+            ((node.lon, node.lat) for node in way.nodes if len(way.nodes)>1)
         ) for way in result.ways
     ).set_crs("EPSG:4326")
 
+    if crop == True:
+        street_series = crop_geoseries_by_bounds(street_series, measurement_coords)
+
     return street_series
 
 def get_geoseries_blockages(measurement_coords : gpd.GeoSeries, retries : int = 5) -> gpd.GeoSeries:
@@ -132,3 +138,22 @@ def project_onto_streets(point_series : gpd.GeoSeries, street_series : gpd.GeoSe
         plt.show()
 
     return projected, deviation_projection
+
+def crop_geoseries_by_bounds(original_geoseries : gpd.GeoSeries, filter_geoseries : gpd.GeoSeries) -> gpd.GeoSeries:
+    """
+    Returns cut off geoseries from 'original_geoseries' which lies within the bounds on the filter_geoseries 
+
+    :param original_geoseries: A geopandas geoseries of points/streets/polygons to be filtered, represented in a EPSG:4326 projection 
+    :param filter_geoseries: A geopandas geoseries based on which a bounding box is for filter is made
+
+    :return: geopandas geoseries of same format as original_geoseries
+    """
+    if original_geoseries.crs != "EPSG:4326" or filter_geoseries.crs != "EPSG:4326"  :
+        raise ValueError("Make sure to pass data with EPSG:4326 projection")
+
+    filter_bounds = filter_geoseries.total_bounds
+    bound_box = box(filter_bounds[0], filter_bounds[1],filter_bounds[2],filter_bounds[3])
+    bound_box = gpd.GeoDataFrame(geometry = gpd.GeoSeries(bound_box)).set_crs("EPSG:4326") # create geodataframe for overlay
+    filtered_series = (gpd.overlay(gpd.GeoDataFrame(geometry = original_geoseries),bound_box, how='intersection')).geometry
+
+    return filtered_series
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