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LINZ (Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand) is a NZ government department responsible for creating and holding information concerning land ownership, landuse and landcover. Data from LINZ covers New Zealand, the outer islands, the Cook Islands, Niuē, Tokelau, and the Ross Dependency of Antarctica (see the table below). LINZ has signed an ODbL license waiver to allow its data to be imported into OSM.


Status @ March 2024

There are four ongoing projects to continue the import of data from LINZ:

The original linz2osm project (2008-2014) is no longer active, and the original web-app (source) no longer works.

Data License

Attribution

Attribuition is via an attribution tag and a source ref in all uploads that links to the OSM Contributors page.

"Contains data sourced from Land Information New Zealand. Crown Copyright reserved. Land Information New Zealand gives no warranty in relation to the data, including its accuracy, reliability and suitability and accepts no liability whatsoever in relation to any loss, damage or other costs relating to the use of any data, any compilations, derivative works or modifications of the data".

Official Approval Granted

LINZ has given their express permission to use the LINZ data orignally in 2008 and again in 2011 under the new ODbL:

2008-03-18: LINZ gave their consent to include, modify and derive LINZ data in OSM with suitable attribution.

"Apologies for the delay - after gaining advice from our legal team we have concluded that you are able to use the information providing that you use the following clause for inclusion with the data that is supplied:

"Contains data sourced from Land Information New Zealand. Crown Copyright reserved. Land Information New Zealand gives no warranty in relation to the data, including its accuracy, reliability and suitability and accepts no liability whatsoever in relation to any loss, damage or other costs relating to the use of any data, any compilations, derivative works or modifications of the data"

2011-08-23: LINZ gave their consent to use the new licensing terms:

Further to my phone call yesterday, this email is to confirm that LINZ gives permission to re-license our LDS CC-by data under OSM’s new terms and licences for the purposes of third parties wishing to contribute to the OSM database.

2018-05: LINZ completed the OpenStreetMap Foundation's official waiver for use of CC BY data in OpenStreetMap. File:LINZ OSM-CC-4.0 waiver.pdf

Import Process

  • As of 2021, importing can by done by anyone, using RapiD for building outlines, and a fork of Rapid for addresses and the topo layers described below.
  • You can also help mapping roads using the Missing Streets tool.
  • For bulk imports, each user must have their own specific LINZ Data uploading account. Name this account [normal osm name]_import[source] and add it to the list below.

List of Import Accounts

User Account Real Name
LINZ Data Upload Common upload account
(often will be Hamish, Glen, or Stephen)
barnaclebarnes_linz Glen Barnes
jaysonhoogy_linz Jayson Hoogeveen
mrsid_linz
StephenDavis
howdystranger_LINZ Harry Chapman
EliotB_linz Eliot Blennerhassett
linz_robA Rob Alley
gaddman_linz Chris Gadd
❤️‍🔥_import Kyle Hensel
your_acct_here_linz Your name here

Data Layers

These tables lists all the data layers available from LINZ

Summary

Region Topographic Hydrographic Geodetic Place Names Other
AntarcticaAntarctica ☑Y 2012, 2021
see #Antarctica below
☑Y 2021-2022
see #Hydrographic below
☑Y 2021 In Progress
see #Place Names below
no data
Antipodes ☑Y 2012 no data
Auckland Islands ☑Y 2012
Bounty Islands ☑Y 2012
Campbell Islands ☑Y 2012, 2021
Kermadec Islands ☑Y 2012
The Snares ☑Y 2012
Cook IslandsCook Islands ☑Y 2021 (manually traced) ☑Y 2021
NiueNiuē ☑Y 2021 (manually traced) ☑Y 2021
TokelauTokelau ☑Y 2021 (manually traced) ☑Y 2021
TongaTonga no data no data
SamoaSāmoa
Other[1] In Progress
see #Place Names below
Scott Island
Balleny Islands
Chatham IslandsChatham Islands ☑Y 2012 ☑Y 2021
New ZealandMainland + Stewart Island In Progress
see #The Mainland below
☑Y 2012 & 2021 ☑Y see #Other below


The Mainland

All mainland features added after 2020 have ref:linz:topo50_id=*

LINZ Layer Name No. Features Status Tagging
airport_poly 58 ☑Y 2014 area aeroway=aerodrome
beacon_pnt 350 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=beacon
bivouac_pnt 135 ☑Y 2014 node amenity=shelter + shelter_type=lean_to
blowhole_pnt 1 ☑Y 2014 node natural=geyser
boatramp_cl 350 ☑Y 2014 way leisure=slipway + highway=service
bog_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
boom_cl 5 ☑Y 2014 way waterway=floating_barrier
breakwater_cl 69 ☑Y 2014 way man_made=breakwater
bridge_cl 16,819 Nay! Won't Import way Data already in OSM as tags on highway
building_pnt 551,638 Nay! Won't Import node Imported for Stewart Island. See Import/New Zealand Buildings
building_poly 24,646 Nay! Won't Import area see Import/New Zealand Buildings
buoy_pnt 8 ☑Y 2014 node seamark:type=buoy_lateral
cableway_industrial_cl 25 ☑Y 2021 way (aerialway=goods or man_made=goods_conveyor) + resource=*
cableway_people_cl 101 ☑Y 2014 way aerialway=cable_car
canal_cl 74 ☑Y 2014 way waterway=canal
canal_poly 119 ☑Y 2014 area natural=water + water=canal
cattlestop_pnt 231 Nay! Won't Import node barrier=cattle_grid removed from the LINZ Data Service
cave_pnt 134 ☑Y 2014 node natural=cave_entrance
cemetery_pnt 930 ☑Y 2014, 2021 node area landuse=cemetery
cemetery_poly 173 ☑Y 2014
chimney_pnt 7 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=chimney
cliff_edge 53,102 ☑Y 2014 way natural=cliff
coastline 131 ☑Y 2014 way natural=coastline
contour 619 Nay! Won't Import way Not appropriate for OSM
crevasse_cl 0 ☑Y None in the mainland way natural=crevasse
cutting_edge 756 ☑Y 2021 way man_made=embankment
dam_cl 292 ☑Y 2014 way waterway=dam
depform_edge 0 ☑Y None in the mainland way
descriptive_text 12,718 ☑Y 2014 node name=*
distice_poly 0 ☑Y None in the mainland area
drain_cl 43,965 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 way waterway=drain half done
dredge_pnt 10 ☑Y Already in OSM node
dredge_tailing_cl 178 ☑Y 2021 area man_made=spoil_heap (mappers must convert to area)
dry_dock_poly 1 ☑Y 2014 area waterway=dock
embankment_cl 3,100 ☑Y 2021 way If causeway: embankment=yes (must be merged with highway)

Else: man_made=embankment + description=stopbank/(blank) (must be flipped if direction is wrong)

exotic_poly 32,430 ☑Y 2014 area landuse=forest
fastice_poly 0 ☑Y None in the mainland area
fence_cl 1,047,485 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 way barrier=fence Stewart Island only
ferry_crossing_cl 3 ☑Y 2014 way route=ferry
fish_farm_poly 20 ☑Y 2021 area landuse=aquaculture + seamark:type=marine_farm + produce=*
flare_pnt 4 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=flare
floodgate_pnt 153 ☑Y 2021 node waterway=sluice_gate[2] + direction=* mappers must merge with waterway line
flume_cl 7 ☑Y 2014 node way waterway=canal + bridge=aqueduct
flume_pnt 1 ☑Y 2014
ford_pnt 1,256 ☑Y 2021 node ford=yes mappers must merge with waterway and highway
fumarole_pnt 69 ☑Y 2021 node natural=fumarole
gas_valve_pnt 67 ☑Y 2014 node pipeline=valve
gate_pnt 4,490 Ready to Import node barrier=gate + locked=yes/no mappers should merge with highway
geo_bore_pnt 18 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=bore + generator:source=geothermal
geographic_name

See the
#Place Names
section for
more info
143 ☑Y 2021 area Bridges (BDGE): man_made=bridge + name=*
10 ☑Y Already in OSM node Cemeteries (CEM): amenity=grave_yard + name=*
10 ☑Y 2021 node Farms (FARM): place=farm + name=*
9,301 Ready to Import area Homesteads (HSTD): building=farm + name=*
1,304 ☑Y 2022 area Huts (HUT): building=yes + tourism=wilderness_hut + name=*
5 ☑Y Already in OSM node Lights (LTH): seamark:type=light_major + name=*
457 ☑Y 2021 node Miscellaneous (MCUL): name=* + (mapper must choose tags)
82 ☑Y 2021 area Mines (MINE): landuse=quarry + name=*
197 ☑Y 2011, 2021 node area Pā and Marae (PA): (fortification_type=pa or amenity=marae) + name=*
283 Nay! Won't Import node Parks (PARK): leisure=park + name=*
4 ☑Y Already in OSM way Pipelines (PPLN): man_made=pipeline + name=*
54 ☑Y 2021 node Road Junctions (RDRF): junction=yes + name=*
43 ☑Y 2021 area Tunnels (TUNL): man_made=tunnel + name=*
3 ☑Y 2021 node Oil Wells (WELL): man_made=petroleum_well + name=*
12 ☑Y Already in OSM area Wharves (WHF): man_made=pier + name=*
26 ☑Y 2021 node area Shipwrecks (WRCK): historic=wreck + seamark:type=wreck + wreck:type=ship + name=*
golf_course_poly 398 ☑Y 2014, 2021 area leisure=golf_course + name=*
grave_pnt 30 ☑Y 2014 node amenity=grave_yard
gravel_pit_poly 433 ☑Y 2021 area landuse=quarry + resource=gravel
height_pnt 85,826 TBC node natural=hill + ele=* ? (LINZ data does not have names)
helipad_pnt 79 ☑Y 2014 node aeroway=helipad
historic_site_pnt 160 ☑Y 2014 node historic=yes + name=*
ice_cliff_edge 0 ☑Y None in the mainland way natural=cliff + surface=ice
ice_poly 3,329 ☑Y 2014 area natural=glacier
ice_shelf_poly 0 ☑Y None in the mainland area
ice_stream_cl 0 ☑Y None in the mainland way
iceberg_poly 0 ☑Y None in the mainland area
island_poly 17,362 ☑Y 2014 area place=island
kiln_pnt 10 Nay! Won't Import node removed from LINZ Data Service
ladder_cl 2 ☑Y 2014 node way ladder=yes
ladder_pnt 3 ☑Y 2014
lagoon_poly 138 ☑Y Already in OSM area natural=water + water=lagoon
lake_poly 57,099 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 area natural=water + water=lake Stewart Island only
landfill_poly 180 ☑Y 2014, 2021 area landuse=landfill
mangrove_poly 1,464 ☑Y 2014 area natural=wetland + wetland=mangrove
mari_complex_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
marine_farm_cl 5 ☑Y 2021 way area landuse=aquaculture + seamark:type=marine_farm + produce=* (mappers must convert to area)
marine_farm_poly 311 ☑Y 2021
mast_pnt 1,141 ☑Y 2021-2022 node man_made=mast + height=*
melt_stream_cl 0 ☑Y None in the mainland way
mine_pnt 391 ☑Y 2021 node area landuse=quarry if opencast, otherwise man_made=mineshaft/adit.

And: disused=yes/* + resource=* + name=*

mine_poly 241 ☑Y 2021
mixed_scrub_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
monument_pnt 281 ☑Y 2014 node historic=monument
moraine_poly 236 ☑Y 2014 area natural=landform + landform=moraine
moraine_wall_poly 232 ☑Y 2014 area natural=landform + landform=moraine_wall
mud_poly 1,769 ☑Y 2014 area natural=mud
native_poly 109,204 ☑Y 2014 area natural=wood
orchard_poly 3,023 ☑Y 2014 area landuse=orchard
pa_pnt 2,127 ☑Y 2014 node historic=archaeological_site + archaeological_site=fortification + fortification_type=pa
pipeline_cl 422 ☑Y 2014 way man_made=pipeline
plantation_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
pond_poly 7,739 Ready to Import area Natural: natural=water + water=pond

Person-made: natural=water + water=basin + basin=*

powerline_cl 6,091 TBC way power=line - many added manually so will be hard to conflate
pumice_pit_poly 9 ☑Y 2014 area landuse=quarry + resource=pumice
pylon_pnt 24,265 TBC node power=pole see powerline_cl, should be added together
quarry_poly 1,107 ☑Y 2021 area landuse=quarry + disused=yes/no + resource=* + name=*
racetrack_cl 1,214 ☑Y 2014 way highway=raceway + leisure=track
racetrack_poly 101 ☑Y 2021 area leisure=track + sport=motor/horse_racing + area=yes + name=* + (sometimes note=training)
radar_dome_pnt 8 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=tower + tower:construction=dome + tower:type=radar
rail_station_pnt 190 ☑Y Already in OSM node railway=station
railway_cl 574 ☑Y Already in OSM way railway=rail
rapid_cl 87 ☑Y 2021 way area natural=water + water=rapids + name=*

Mappers must convert the ways to areas

rapid_poly 168 ☑Y 2021
redoubt_pnt 32 ☑Y 2021 node historic=archaeological_site + archaeological_site=fortification + historic:civilization=colonialism
reef_poly 15 ☑Y 2014 area natural=reef
reservoir_poly 406 ☑Y 2014 area landuse=reservoir
residential_area_poly 2,084 ☑Y Already in OSM area landuse=residential
rifle_range_poly 37 ☑Y 2014 area leisure=shooting_ground
river_cl 732,427 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 way waterway=river
river_poly 6,027 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 area natural=water + water=river Stewart Island only
road_cl 113,761 ☑Y Already in OSM way highway=*
rock_outcrop_pnt 11,325 ☑Y 2021 node natural=rock + ele=* + name=* + direction=*
rock_pnt 881 ☑Y 2014 node natural=rock
rock_poly 6,059 ☑Y 2014 area natural=bare_rock
runway_poly 3,635 ☑Y 2021-2022 way aeroway=runway + surface=paved/grass + width=*

area or:[3] aeroway=runway + surface=paved/grass + area=yes

saddle_pnt 691 ☑Y 2021 node natural=saddle + ele=* + direction=* + name=*
sand_poly 5,470 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 area natural=sand
satellite_station_pnt 5 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=telescope
scattered_scrub_poly 34,307 ☑Y 2014 area natural=heath
scree_poly 11,797 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 area natural=scree
scrub_poly 95,276 ☑Y 2014 area natural=scrub
shaft_pnt 5 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=mineshaft
shelter_belt_cl 159,729 Ready to Import way natural=tree_row Stewart Island, Tekapo, Rotorua, Wairarapa imported in 2014
shingle_poly 28,712 yellow tickY Partial Import 2014 area natural=shingle
shoal_poly 8 ☑Y 2014 area natural=reef
showground_poly 14 ☑Y 2021 area landuse=recreation_ground + recreation_ground=showground
sinkhole_pnt 668 ☑Y 2021 node natural=sinkhole
siphon_pnt 11 ☑Y 2021 node area waterway=canal + layer=-1 + tunnel=culvert + culvert=inverted_siphon + description=siphon
siphon_poly 20 ☑Y 2021
ski_lift_cl 41 ☑Y 2014 way aerialway=chair_lift
ski_tow_cl 44 ☑Y 2014 way aerialway=rope_tow
slip_edge 6,451 ☑Y 2021-2022 way natural=cliff + hazard=landslide
slipway_cl 39 ☑Y 2014 way leisure=slipway + highway=service
snow_poly 3,329 Nay! Won't Import area Duplicate of ice_poly
soakhole_pnt 4,277 ☑Y 2014 node waterway=soakhole
spillway_edge 29 ☑Y 2021 way natural=water + water=canal + usage=spillway + intermittent=yes (mappers must convert to area)
sportsfield_poly 18 ☑Y 2014 area leisure=pitch
spring_pnt 149 ☑Y 2014 node natural=spring
stockyard_pnt 676 ☑Y 2014 node landuse=farmyard + farmyard=stockyard
swamp_pnt 1,285 ☑Y 2014 node area natural=wetland + wetland=swamp
swamp_poly 10,108 ☑Y 2014
tank_pnt 4,801 ☑Y 2014 node area man_made=storage_tank + building=yes
tank_poly 383 ☑Y 2014
telephone_cl 392 ☑Y 2014 way communication=line
tower_pnt 57 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=tower + material=*
track_cl 86,958 TBC way highway=track Most already in OSM. Use AI roads from RapiD instead
tree_pnt 1,608,786 Nay! Won't Import node natural=tree Imported for Stewart Island, Kāpiti Coast, and Christchurch. Too much data
tundra_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
tunnel_cl 377 ☑Y Already in OSM way tunnel=yes
tussock_poly 0 Nay! Won't Import area removed from LINZ Data Service
vineyard_poly 796 ☑Y 2014 area landuse=vineyard
walkwire_cl 58 ☑Y 2014 way bridge=yes + bridge:structure=simple-suspension
water_race_cl 2,241 Ready to Import way waterway=canal + usage=irrigation + description=water race (see definition)
waterfall_cl 6 ☑Y 2014 way natural=cliff
waterfall_edg 51 ☑Y 2014
waterfall_pnt 1,741 ☑Y 2014 node area waterway=waterfall
waterfall_poly 1 ☑Y 2014
weir_cl 44 ☑Y 2014 way waterway=weir
well_pnt 73 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=water_well
wharf_cl 1,560 ☑Y 2014 way man_made=pier
wharf_edge 93 ☑Y 2014 area man_made=pier + area=yes
windmill_pnt 1,016 ☑Y 2014 node man_made=windmill
wreck_pnt 46 ☑Y 2014 node historic=wreck

Antarctica

All Antarctic features added after 2020 have ref:linz:topo50_id=*. The value is a hash of the  WKT, since antarctic datasets do not have a t50_fid field.

LINZ Layer Name No. Features Status Tagging
beacon_pnt 2 ☑Y 2012 node man_made=beacon
building_pnt 89 ☑Y 2012 node building=yes
cave_pnt 1 ☑Y 2012 node natural=cave_entrance
cliff_edge 890 ☑Y 2012 way natural=cliff
coastline 15 ☑Y Already in OSM way natural=coastline
crevasse_cl 32,634 ☑Y 2021 way natural=crevasse
depform_edge 267 ☑Y 2021 way natural=cliff
descriptive_text 105 ☑Y 2021 (mappers must decide tagging for each one)
distice_poly 843 Nay! Won't Import area No Suitable Tagging
fastice_poly 21 Nay! Won't Import area No Suitable Tagging
geographic_name 1,998 Nay! Won't Import node way area See NZGB layer below
glacial_lake_poly 625 ☑Y 2021 area natural=water + water=lake
helipad_pnt 3 ☑Y 2012 node aeroway=helipad
height_pnt 8,588 ☑Y 2021 node natural=hill + ele=*
historic_site_pnt 6 ☑Y Already in OSM node historic=yes
ice_cliff_edge 688 ☑Y 2021 way natural=cliff + surface=ice
ice_poly 7,529 ☑Y 2014 area natural=glacier
ice_shelf_poly 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area ??
ice_stream_cl 110 ☑Y 2021 way waterway=stream + description=ice stream
iceberg_poly 155 Nay! Won't Import area No Suitable Tagging
island_poly 40 ☑Y 2012 area place=island
lake_poly 86 ☑Y 2014, 2021 area natural=water + water=lake
mast_pnt 5 ☑Y 2012 node man_made=mast
melt_stream_cl 2,846 ☑Y 2021 way waterway=stream + description=melt stream
moraine_poly 968 ☑Y 2014 area natural=glacier
road_cl 7 ☑Y Already in OSM way highway=road
rock_outcrop_pnt 29 ☑Y 2012 node natural=rock
rock_pnt 1 ☑Y 2012
runway_poly 3 ☑Y 2012 area aeroway=runway + area=yes
saddle_pnt 19 ☑Y 2012 node natural=saddle
sand_poly 1 ☑Y 2012 area natural=sand
scree_poly 155 ☑Y 2021 area natural=scree
sinkhole_pnt 74 ☑Y 2012 node natural=sinkhole
ski_tow_cl 1 ☑Y 2012 way aerialway=rope_tow
tank_pnt 2 ☑Y 2012 node area man_made=storage_tank + building=yes
tank_poly 23 ☑Y 2012
track_cl 65 ☑Y 2021 way If foot only: highway=path + piste:type=hike + piste:grooming=backcountry

If vehicle: highway=track + ice_road=yes

wharf_edge 1 ☑Y 2012 way man_made=pier
windmill_pnt 3 ☑Y 2012 node man_made=windmill

Place Names

Places names come from the NZGB dataset. All named features have name=* and ref:linz:place_id=*, and may also have the following tags:

LINZ Layer Name No. Features Status Tagging
Abyssal Plain 2 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=abyssal_plain
Amenity Area 16 Nay! Won't Import node
Appellation 132 Nay! Won't Import node
Area 47 ☑Y 2023 node area place=locality
Bank 114 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=bank
Basin 209 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=valley
(or seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=basin if undersea)
Bay 2,395 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=bay
Beach 356 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=beach
Bend 17 ☑Y 2023 node waterway=bend or water=bend
Bridge 9 ☑Y 2023 area man_made=bridge
Building 187 Nay! Won't Import area
Bush 95 ☑Y 2023 area natural=wood
Caldera 1 ☑Y 2023 area natural=caldera
Canal 11 ☑Y 2023 relation type=waterway + waterway=canal
Canyon 70 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=canyon
Cape 112 ☑Y 2023 node natural=cape
Cave 50 ☑Y 2012 node natural=cave_entrance
Channel 151 ☑Y 2023 way natural=strait
Chasm 1 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality
City 18 ☑Y Already in OSM node place=city
Clearing 12 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality and/or landcover=clearing
Cliff 413 Ready to Import node way natural=cliff
Coast Feature 28 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality[4]
Conservation Park 51 Nay! Won't Import area place=locality
Crater 31 ☑Y Already in OSM node natural=crater or geological=volcanic_caldera_rim
Crevasse 1 ☑Y 2023 way natural=crevasse
Deep 3 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=deep
Desert 2 ☑Y 2023 area desert=yes
Ecological Area 57 Nay! Won't Import area place=locality
Escarpment 4 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=escarpment
Estuary 23 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=bay + estuary=yes
Facility 48 ☑Y 2023 node waterway=dam or plant:source=hydro
Fan 4 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=fan
Flat 404 ☑Y 2023 node area place=locality
Ford 20 ☑Y 2023 node ford=yes
Forest 199 Ready to Import area natural=wood
Fork 6 ☑Y 2023 node junction=yes
Fracture Zone 12 Ready to Import node way seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=fracture_zone
Gap 9 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=gap
Glacier 1,121 Ready to Import area natural=glacier
Government Purpose Reserve 215 Nay! Won't Import area
Guyot 16 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=guyot
Hill 8,891 ☑Y 2023 node natural=peak or (seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=hill)
Historic Antarctic 35 Nay! Won't Import node area historic=*
Historic Reserve 176 Ready to Import node area historic=* or leisure=park/nature_reserve
Historic Site 126 ☑Y 2023 node area historic=*
Hole 5 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=hole
Ice Feature 335 Ready to Import node area place=locality
Island 1,309 Ready to Import area place=island
Isthmus 9 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality + natural=isthmus
Knoll 55 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=knoll
Lake 1,160 Ready to Import area natural=water + water=lake
Ledge 26 ☑Y 2023 node natural=ledge/cliff
Local Authority 117 Nay! Won't Import node
Locality 3,741 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality
Marine Feature 2 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=*
Marine Reserve 44 ☑Y 2023 area leisure=nature_reserve + seamark:type=restricted_area + ...
Mound 1 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=mound
Mud Volcano 2 ☑Y 2023 node natural=volcano
National Park 13 ☑Y Already in OSM area boundary=protected_area + protect_class=2
Nature Reserve 51 Nay! Won't Import area
Pass 760 ☑Y 2023 node natural=saddle
Peak 3 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=peak
Peninsula 72 ☑Y 2023 node natural=peninsula/cape
Pinnacle 2 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=pinnacle
Place 321 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality
Plain 2 ☑Y 2023 area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=plain
Plateau 59 ☑Y 2023 node area place=locality
(or seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=plateau if undersea)
Point 2,269 ☑Y 2024 node natural=cape
Pool 97 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=water + water=stream_pool
Port 4 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=bay
Railway Crossing 2 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality
Railway Junction 5 ☑Y 2023 node railway=yard
Railway Line 68 ☑Y 2023 relation type=route + route=railway
Railway Station 225 ☑Y 2023 node area railway=station/halt or was:railway=station
Range 643 Ready to Import node way natural=ridge
Rapid 6 ☑Y 2021 area natural=water + water=rapids
Recreation 9 ☑Y 2023 node place=locality
Recreation Reserve 597 Ready to Import area leisure=park/nature_reserve
Reef 214 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=reef/rock/bare_rock
Reserve (non-CPA) 4 ☑Y 2023 area leisure=park
Ridge 1,063 Ready to Import node way natural=ridge
(or seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=ridge if undersea)
Rise 7 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=rise
Road 55 Nay! Won't Import way
Roadstead 5 ☑Y 2023 node area natural=bay
Rock 507 Ready to Import node area natural=rock
Saddle 4 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=saddle
Sanctuary Area 9 Nay! Won't Import area
Scarp 6 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=escarpment
Scenic Reserve 1,499 Nay! Won't Import area
Scientific Reserve 89 Nay! Won't Import area
Sea 4 ☑Y Already in OSM node place=sea
Sea Valley 9 ☑Y 2023 area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=valley
Seachannel 23 ☑Y 2024 way seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=sea_channel
Seamount 102 ☑Y 2023 area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=seamount
Seamount Chain 1 ☑Y 2023 way seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=seamount_chain
Shelf 6 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=shelf
Shelf-Edge 1 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=shelf-edge
Shoal 43 ☑Y 2023 node natural=shoal + seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=shoal
Sill 1 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=sill
Site 547 ☑Y 2024 node place=locality
Slope 5 ☑Y 2023 way area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=slope
Spit 7 ☑Y 2023 node natural=cape
Spring 42 ☑Y 2021 node natural=spring/hot_spring
Spur 7 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=spur
Stream 16,957 TBC relation type=waterway + waterway=river/stream
Suburb 717 ☑Y 2023 node place=suburb
Terrace 12 ☑Y 2023 node area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=terrace
Town 145 ☑Y 2023 node place=town
Track 15 Nay! Won't Import way
Trench 3 ☑Y 2023 way seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=trench
Trig Station 213 ☑Y 2023 node man_made=survey_point + survey_point:structure=beacon
Trough 33 ☑Y 2023 way area seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=trough
Valley 846 Ready to Import node area natural=valley
(or seamark:type=sea_area + seamark:sea_area:category=valley if undersea)
Village 16 ☑Y 2023 node place=village
Volcano 1 ☑Y 2023 node natural=volcano
Waterfall 292 ☑Y 2008 node waterway=waterfall
Wetland 62 ☑Y 2023 area natural=wetland
Wilderness Area 3 Nay! Won't Import area - smarter to import from DOC
Wildlife Management Area 11 Nay! Won't Import area - smarter to import from DOC

There are 15 other feature types which the NZGB doesn't have jurisdiction over, so they come from a different dataset. See the section called geographic_name above.

Hydrographic

All hydrographic features have ref:linz:hydrographic_id=* and source=LINZ;Chart XXX;.... Some have source:date=* + name=* + description=*. The imported data is best viewed on OpenSeaMap.

Other useful links:

LINZ Layer Name No. Features Status Tagging
Administration Area (Named) Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area
Airport/airfield Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Anchor berth 75 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=anchor_berth + seamark:anchor_berth:category=* + seamark:anchor_berth:status=* + seamark:anchor_berth:radius=* + seamark:anchor_berth:restriction=*
Anchorage area 333 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=anchorage + seamark:anchorage:category=* + seamark:anchorage:status=*
Beacon, cardinal 81 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=beacon + seamark:type=beacon_cardinal + seamark:beacon_cardinal:category=* + seamark:beacon_cardinal:shape=* + ...
Beacon, isolated danger 35 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=beacon + seamark:type=beacon_isolated_danger + seamark:beacon_isolated_danger:category=* + seamark:beacon_isolated_danger:shape=* + ...
Beacon, lateral 1,044 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=beacon + seamark:type=beacon_lateral + seamark:beacon_lateral:category=* + seamark:beacon_lateral:shape=* + ...
Beacon, safe water 6 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=beacon + seamark:type=beacon_safe_water + seamark:beacon_safe_water:category=* + seamark:beacon_safe_water:shape=* + ...
Beacon, special purpose/general 1,123 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=beacon + seamark:type=beacon_special_purpose + seamark:beacon_special_purpose:category=* + seamark:beacon_special_purpose:shape=* + ...
Berth 54 ☑Y Already in OSM node area seamark:type=berth + seamark:name=*
Bridge 236 ☑Y 2023 node seamark:type=bridge + seamark:bridge:category=* + seamark:bridge:category=* + seamark:bridge:clearance_height=*/_closed/_open + seamark:bridge:clearance_width=*
Building, single Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Built-up area Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Buoy, cardinal 55 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_cardinal + seamark:buoy_cardinal:category=* + seamark:buoy_cardinal:shape=* + ...
Buoy, installation 1 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_installation + seamark:buoy_installation:category=* + seamark:buoy_installation:shape=* + ...
Buoy, isolated danger 17 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_isolated_danger + seamark:buoy_isolated_danger:shape=* + ...
Buoy, lateral 328 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_lateral + seamark:buoy_lateral:category=* + seamark:buoy_lateral:shape=* + ...
Buoy, safe water 4 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_safe_water + seamark:buoy_safe_water:category=* + seamark:buoy_safe_water:shape=* + ...
Buoy, special purpose/general 327 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=buoy_special_purpose + seamark:buoy_special_purpose:category=* + seamark:buoy_special_purpose:shape=* + ...
Cable area 36 ☑Y 2022 area seamark:type=cable_area + seamark:cable_area:restriction=*
Cable, overhead 48 ☑Y 2023 way power=line/minor_line + seamark:type=cable_overhead + seamark:cable_overhead:category=power + seamark:cable_overhead:clearance_height_safe=*
Cable, submarine 296 ☑Y 2021 way seamark:type=cable_submarine + seamark:cable_submarine:category=telephone/power/(blank) + (communication=line or power=cable) + location=underwater + layer=-1
Canal Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area
Causeway 8 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area way
Caution area 111 Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area
Coastguard station 2 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=coastguard_station + emergency=lifeboat_station
Coastline Nay! Won't Import (DUP) way
Control point 6 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=survey_point + survey_point:purpose=horizontal/vertical + seamark:type=control_point + seamark:control_point:category=benchmark/triangulation
Conveyor Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area way
Coverage Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Crane 10 ☑Y Already in OSM node
Current - non-gravitational Nay! Won't Import (NA) node
Dam 1 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area way
Daymark 69 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=daymark + seamark:daymark:category=* + seamark:daymark:shape=* + seamark:daymark:colour=* + seamark:daymark:colour_pattern=*
Depth area Nay! Won't Import (NA) area way
Depth contour Nay! Won't Import (NA) way
Distance mark 8 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=distance_mark + seamark:distance_mark:category=* + seamark:distance_mark:distance=* + seamark:distance_mark:units=* + ...
Dock area 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area waterway=dock
Dredged area TBC area
Dry dock 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area waterway=dock + dock=drydock
Dumping ground 41 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=dumping_ground + seamark:dumping_ground:category=* + seamark:dumping_ground:status=*
Dyke 113 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) way
Fairway 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area seamark:type=fairway
Fence/wall Nay! Won't Import (DUP) way
Ferry route ☑Y Already in OSM area way route=ferry
Fishing facility 11 ☑Y 2021 way seamark:type=fishing_facility + seamark:fishing_facility:category=* + leisure=fishing
Floating dock 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area waterway=dock + dock=floating
Fog signal 25 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=fog_signal + seamark:fog_signal:category=* + seamark:fog_signal:group=* + seamark:fog_signal:period=* + seamark:fog_signal:sequence=*
Gate 5 ☑Y Already in OSM node area way
Gridiron 1 ☑Y Already in OSM area
Harbour area (administrative) 29 Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Harbour facility 48 ☑Y 2022 node area seamark:type=harbour + seamark:harbour:category=* + (sometimes leisure=marina)
Hulk 11 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=hulk + seamark:hulk:category=*
Ice area Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area
Lake Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area
Land area Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area way
Land elevation Nay! Won't Import (NA) node
Land region Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area
Landmark ☑Y Already in OSM node area
Light 1,932 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=light_minor + seamark:light:category=* + seamark:light:character=* + seamark:light:*:sector_start=* + seamark:light:*:sector_start=* + seamark:light:visibility=* + seamark:light:height=* + seamark:light:group=* + seamark:light:period=* + seamark:light:sequence=* + seamark:light:range=* + seamark:light:multiple=*

Note: Many lights may already be imported from the US NGA Import

Local magnetic anomaly Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area
Magnetic variation Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area way
Marine farm/culture Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Military practice area 1 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=military_area + seamark:military_area:category=submarine + landuse=military + military=danger_area
Mooring/Warping facility 110 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=mooring + seamark:mooring:category=* + seamark:mooring:shape=* + seamark:mooring:colour=* + seamark:mooring:condition=* + seamark:mooring:water_level=* + seamark:mooring:construction=* + (sometimes man_made=dolphin)
Nautical publication information Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Navigation line 82 ☑Y 2021 way seamark:type=navigation_line + seamark:navigation_line:category=* + seamark:navigation_line:orientation=* + seamark:navigation_line:status=*
Navigational system of marks 96 Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Obstruction 1,361 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=obstruction + seamark:obstruction:category=*
Offshore platform 7 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=offshore_platform/floating_storage + seamark:type=platform + seamark:platform:category=production/fpso + seamark:platform:product=gas/oil/(blank) + height=*
Pile 455 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=pile + seamark:pile:category=* + seamark:pile:colour=* + seamark:pile:condition=*
Pilot boarding place 60 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=pilot_boarding + seamark:name=*
Pipeline area 1 ☑Y 2022 area seamark:type=pipeline_area + seamark:pipeline_area:restriction=*
Pipeline, submarine/on land 58 ☑Y 2021 node way man_made=pipeline + location=underwater + layer=-1 + oneway=yes + substance=* + seamark:type=pipeline_submarine + seamark:pipeline_submarine:category=* + seamark:pipeline_submarine:product=* + seamark:pipeline_submarine:depth_buried=*
Pontoon 29 ☑Y 2021 area way man_made=pier + area=yes + floating=yes + seamark:type=pontoon + seamark:pontoon:construction=* + material=*
Precautionary area 2 ☑Y 2022 area seamark:type=precautionary_area + seamark:precautionary_area:restriction=*
Production/storage area 22 ☑Y 2022 node area landuse=industrial/quarry + product=*
Pylon/bridge support 73 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=pylon + seamark:pylon:condition=* + seamark:pylon:water_level=* + bridge:support=pier/pylon + material=*
Radar station 6 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=radar_station + seamark:radar_station:category=*
Radar transponder beacon 2 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=radar_transponder + seamark:radar_transponder:category=* + seamark:radar_transponder:wavelength=* + seamark:radar_transponder:group=*
Radio calling-in point 29 ☑Y 2021 node way seamark:type=calling-in_point + seamark:calling-in_point:channel=* + seamark:calling-in_point:orientation=* + direction=* + seamark:calling-in_point:traffic_flow=*
Radio station 42 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=radio_station + seamark:radio_station:category=*
Railway 1 ☑Y Already in OSM way
Recommended track 78 ☑Y 2021 way seamark:type=recommended_track + seamark:recommended_track:category=* + seamark:recommended_track:orientation=* + seamark:recommended_track:traffic=*
Rescue station 6 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=rescue_station + seamark:rescue_station:category=* + emergency=lifeboat_station
Restricted area 531 ☑Y 2021 area seamark:type=restricted_area + seamark:restricted_area:category=* + seamark:restricted_area:restriction=*
River Nay! Won't Import (DUP) area way
Runway Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Sand waves 68 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=sand_waves
Sea area/named water area 845 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Seabed area 5,317 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Sea-plane landing area 5 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=seaplane_landing_area
Shoreline construction 3,789 Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area way
Signal station, traffic 4 ☑Y Already in OSM node
Signal station, warning 4 ☑Y Already in OSM node
Silo/tank Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Slope topline Nay! Won't Import (NA) way
Sloping ground Nay! Won't Import (NA) node area
Small craft facility 49 ☑Y 2022 node area seamark:type=small_craft_facility + seamark:small_craft_facility:category=*
Sounding 59,474 Nay! Won't Import (NA) node
Spring 69 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=spring + natural=spring/hot_spring
Swept Area 1 Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Tidal stream - flood/ebb 170 Nay! Won't Import (NA) node
Tidal stream panel data 52 Nay! Won't Import (NA) node
Tideway 22 ☑Y Already in OSM area way
Topmark 1,470 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=topmark + seamark:topmark:category=* + seamark:topmark:shape=* + seamark:topmark:colour=* + seamark:topmark:colour_pattern=* + height=* + height:accuracy=*
Tunnel Nay! Won't Import (DUP) way
Underwater/awash rock 9,709 ☑Y 2021 node seamark:type=rock + seamark:rock:surface=* + seamark:rock:water_level=* + seamark:rock:status=* + depth=* + depth:exposition=* + depth:source_quality=* + depth:accuracy=* + depth:technique=* + natural=rock
Unsurveyed area Nay! Won't Import (NA) area
Vegetation Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node area
Virtual AtoN 14 ☑Y 2022 node seamark:type=virtual_aton + seamark:virtual_aton:category=* + seamark:virtual_aton:mmsi=*
Water turbulence 807 ☑Y 2022 node area way seamark:type=water_turbulence + seamark:water_turbulence:category=*
Waterfall Nay! Won't Import (DUP) node
Weed/Kelp 458 ☑Y 2021 node area seamark:type=weed + seamark:weed:category=*
Wreck 284 ☑Y 2021 node area historic=wreck + wreck:type=ship + seamark:type=wreck + seamark:wreck:category=*
Tide Stations 223 ☑Y 2021 node man_made=monitoring_station + monitoring:tide_gauge=yes + seamark:type=signal_station_warning + seamark:signal_station_warning:category=tide_gauge + operator=* + int_ref=* + start_date=* + website=*

Other

LINZ Layer Name No. Features Status Tagging
Addresses 2,073,599 ☑Y 2017-2018, 2021-ongoing node way area addr=* + building:flats=* + ref:linz:address_id=* see Import/New Zealand Street Addresses (2021)
Building Outlines 3,320,498 ☑Y 2012-2016, 2021-ongoing area building=yes + ref:linz:building_id=* see Import/New Zealand Buildings
Streets & Road Names 79,091 ☑Y 2008-ongoing way highway=* + name=* not an import, but there is a tool to quickly find missing street names.
NZGB Place Names 53,567 2023-ongoing node way area See #Place Names above
Pastoral Leases (farming stations) 181 ☑Y 2021-2022 area landuse=meadow + meadow=pasture + place=farm + name=* + ref:linz:pastoral_lease_id=*
Facilities 2,684 TBC area schools: amenity=school + grades=* + capacity=* + ref=(MOE ID)

hospitals: amenity=hospital + healthcare=hospital + operator:type=public/private + beds=* + healthcare:speciality=* + ref=(Health Provider Index)

And: name=* + ref:linz:facility_id=* Most are already mapped in OSM. There may not be any point in importing this.

Walking and Cycling tracks 29,189 Nay! Won't Import way removed from the LINZ Data Service
Fire and Emergency NZ Localities 7,379 Nay! Won't Import node Deprecated, and has a different license. Will use the NZGB layer (above) instead
Protected Areas 17,740 TBC way might be better to get from DOC?
LRIS Landcover 511,104 Nay! Won't Import area license? and will probably be way to hard to conflate
Geodetic Marks - NZ 131,763 ☑Y 2012, 2021 node man_made=survey_point + survey_point:structure=* + survey_point:purpose=* + survey_point:datum_aligned=* + name=* + ref=* + description=* + material=* + height=* + ele=* + operator=Land Information New Zealand + website=*

Only significant structures were imported (i.e. not pin or plaque)

Geodetic Marks - Antarctica 472 ☑Y 2021

Previous discussions and notes

Footnotes

  1. A very small amount of hydrographic data is also available for Wallis and Futuna, American Sāmoa, Fiji, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Micronesia (Fed. States of), Norfolk Island, and AustraliaMacquarie Island.
  2. currently the most popular tag, and the only documented one
  3. if the geometry is too complicated to simplify into a line, the tool will suggest mapping it as an area. Manual simplification requried.
  4. Discussed again on the OSM US Slack in November 2023, no conclusive suggestions that would work for these unusual examples