docs: def parse_poi_query(north, south, east, west, amenities=None, timeout=180, maxsize=''):
      """
      Parse the Overpass QL query based on the list of amenities.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      
      north : float
          Northernmost coordinate from bounding box of the search area.
      south : float
          Southernmost coordinate from bounding box of the search area.
      east : float
          Easternmost coordinate from bounding box of the search area.
      west : float
          Westernmost coordinate of the bounding box of the search area.
      amenities : list
          List of amenities that will be used for finding the POIs from the selected area.
      timeout : int
          Timeout for the API request. 
      """
      if amenities:
          # Overpass QL template
          query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};((node["amenity"~"{amenities}"]({south:.6f},'
                            '{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;););(way["amenity"~"{amenities}"]({south:.6f},'
                            '{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;););(relation["amenity"~"{amenities}"]'
                            '({south:.6f},{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;);););out;')
  
          # Parse amenties
          query_str = query_template.format(amenities="|".join(amenities), north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west,
                                            timeout=timeout, maxsize=maxsize)
      else:
          # Overpass QL template
          query_template = ('[out:json][timeout:{timeout}]{maxsize};((node["amenity"]({south:.6f},'
                            '{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;););(way["amenity"]({south:.6f},'
                            '{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;););(relation["amenity"]'
                            '({south:.6f},{west:.6f},{north:.6f},{east:.6f});(._;>;);););out;')
  
          # Parse amenties
          query_str = query_template.format(north=north, south=south, east=east, west=west,
                                            timeout=timeout, maxsize=maxsize)
  
      return query_str