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Description |
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The man-made tag is for identifying man made structures. ![]() |
Group: Man made |
Used on these elements |
Documented values: 125 |
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Status: de facto |
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Wikidata |
Q16686448 |
Usage
A tag for identifying man-made (artificial) structures added to the landscape. See also building=* for buildings.
Values
Man Made
A tag for identifying man made (artificial) structures that are added to the landscape. See the page Man-made for an introduction on its usage.
Key | Value | Element | Comment | Rendering | Photo |
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man_made | adit | ![]() |
A type of entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal. | ||
man_made | beacon | ![]() |
A structure for signalling on land and sea. | ||
man_made | breakwater | ![]() ![]() |
A man-made structure designed to protect a shore or harbour from the sea and waves. | ||
man_made | bridge | ![]() |
The outline of a bridge, grouping together all features for that bridge.
Please also add bridge=* and layer=* to all ways running over the bridge. |
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man_made | bunker_silo | ![]() ![]() |
An open-sided structure that can be used with vehicles to fill and empty them. | ||
man_made | carpet_hanger | ![]() |
A construction to hang carpets for cleaning with the help of carpet beaters. | ||
man_made | chimney | ![]() |
A tall distinctive vertical conduit for venting hot gases or smoke, normally found near power stations or large factories. | ||
man_made | communications_tower | ![]() ![]() |
A huge tower for transmitting radio applications. | ||
man_made | crane | ![]() ![]() |
A stationary, permanent crane. | ||
man_made | cross | ![]() |
Cross with little historical or religion value, e.g. summit cross. | ||
man_made | cutline | ![]() |
A straight line cut in a forest. | ||
man_made | clearcut | ![]() ![]() |
Area, where most or all trees are uniformly cut down. | ||
man_made | dovecote | ![]() ![]() |
A place where doves are farmed or stored. | ||
man_made | dyke | ![]() ![]() |
A dyke is a an embankment built to restrict the flow of water or other liquids. | ||
man_made | embankment | ![]() |
An artificial steep slope. | ||
man_made | flagpole | ![]() |
A long pole built to hold a flag. | ||
man_made | footwear_decontamination | ![]() ![]() |
A facility to decontaminate footwear for hikers. | ||
man_made | gasometer | ![]() ![]() |
A large container in which natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. | ||
man_made | goods_conveyor | ![]() |
A conveyor system for transporting materials | ||
man_made | groyne | ![]() ![]() |
A rigid structure built from a shoreline or riverbank that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment. See also: man_made=breakwater. | ||
man_made | guard_stone | ![]() |
A guard stone: a stone built onto or into the corner of a building or wall to prevent carriages from damaging the structure, often found on either side of an entrance to a laneway, or alongside a wall to protect it. | ||
man_made | kiln | ![]() ![]() |
A kiln: an oven used for industrial processes such as hardening, drying, or smelting | ||
man_made | lighthouse | ![]() |
Tower that emits light to serve as a navigational aid at sea or on inland waterway. | ||
man_made | mast | ![]() |
A mast is a vertical structure built to hold, for example, antennas. | ||
man_made | mineshaft | ![]() ![]() |
A mineshaft: vertical tunnel into a mine where minerals are extracted. | ||
man_made | monitoring_station | ![]() ![]() |
A station that monitors something. | ||
man_made | nesting_site | ![]() ![]() |
A man made nesting aid that is mounted on a support device. | ||
man_made | obelisk | ![]() ![]() |
Tall, narrow, four-sided, tapered monument which usually ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top. | ||
man_made | observatory | ![]() ![]() |
Observatory: a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events | ||
man_made | offshore_platform | ![]() ![]() |
Offshore platform, oil platform or offshore drilling rig | ||
man_made | petroleum_well | ![]() |
Oil well: a hole bored in the earth, designed to bring petroleum oil or gas to the surface | ||
man_made | pier | ![]() ![]() |
A pier is a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars. | ||
man_made | pipeline | ![]() |
A major pipeline carrying gas, water, oil, etc. | ||
man_made | pumping_station | ![]() ![]() |
Pumping station: a facility including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another | ||
man_made | pumping_rig | ![]() ![]() |
A pumping rig for producing oil | ||
man_made | reservoir_covered | ![]() ![]() |
A covered reservoir is a large man-made tank for holding fresh water | ||
man_made | silo | ![]() ![]() |
A storage container for bulk material, often grains such as corn or wheat | ||
man_made | snow_fence | ![]() |
A solid fence-like structure built across steep slopes to reduce risk and severity of (snow) avalanches. | ||
man_made | snow_net | ![]() |
A netting fence built across steep slopes to reduce risk and severity of (snow) avalanches. | ||
man_made | storage_tank | ![]() ![]() |
A container that holds liquids or compressed gases. | ||
man_made | street_cabinet | ![]() ![]() |
A cabinet located in the street and hosting technical equipment to operate facilities such as electricity or street lights. | ||
man_made | surveillance | ![]() ![]() |
A surveillance camera or other type of surveillance equipment. | ||
man_made | survey_point | ![]() |
A triangulation pillar, geodetic vertex, or other piece of fixed equipment used by topographers. | ||
man_made | tailings_pond | ![]() |
Tailings pond: A body of liquid or slurry used to store byproducts of mining operations | ||
man_made | telescope | ![]() ![]() |
Telescope: an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting light or radio waves | ||
man_made | tower | ![]() ![]() |
A tower is a free-standing structure which is higher than it is wide. Add tower:type=* if possible. | ||
man_made | wastewater_plant | ![]() ![]() |
A wastewater plant is a facility used to treat wastewater or sewage. | ||
man_made | watermill | ![]() ![]() |
A mill driven by water power. | ||
man_made | water_tap | ![]() ![]() |
Publicly usable water tap, providing access to water and usually equipped with a valve. | ||
man_made | water_tower | ![]() ![]() |
Structure with a water tank at an altitude to increase pressure in water network | ||
man_made | water_well | ![]() ![]() |
A structural facility to access ground water, created by digging or drilling. | ||
man_made | water_works | ![]() ![]() |
A place where drinking water is found and applied to the local waterpipes network. | ||
man_made | wildlife_crossing | ![]() ![]() |
Structure that allow animals to cross human barriers safely. | ||
man_made | windmill | ![]() ![]() |
A traditional windmill, historically used to mill grain with wind power. See power=generator in combination with generator:source=wind for modern wind turbines. | ||
man_made | works | ![]() ![]() |
A factory or industrial production plant. | ||
man_made | yes | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
General tag for man-made (artificial) structures. | ||
man_made | user defined | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
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