Key:man_made
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The man-made tag is for identifying man made structures. ![]() |
Group: man made |
Used on these elements |
Documented values: 174 |
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Status: de facto |
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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.
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 | advertising | ![]() ![]() |
A generic advertising device. | ||
man_made | antenna | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
An antenna to transmit and/or receive wireless signals. | ||
man_made | avalanche_protection | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A feature to protect from avalanches or to keep them from going off. | ||
man_made | beacon | ![]() |
A structure for signalling on land and sea. | ||
man_made | beehive | ![]() |
Beehive | ||
man_made | borehole | ![]() ![]() |
A bore used for a purpose not covered by man_made=petroleum_well or man_made=water_well. | ||
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 | cairn | ![]() ![]() |
A mound of stones, usually conical or pyramidal, raised as a landmark or to designate a point of importance in surveying. | ||
man_made | carpet_hanger | ![]() |
A construction to hang carpets for cleaning with the help of carpet beaters. | ||
man_made | cellar_entrance | ![]() |
An entrance into artificially created vault. | ||
man_made | charge_point | ![]() |
A device for charging electric vehicles. | ||
man_made | chiller | ![]() ![]() |
industrial cooling construction with large diameter fans | ||
man_made | chimney | ![]() |
A tall distinctive vertical conduit for venting hot gases or smoke, normally found near power stations or large factories. | ||
man_made | clarifier | ![]() ![]() |
A clarifier of a wastewater treatment plant. | ||
man_made | clearcut | ![]() |
An area where all trees have been uniformly cut down. | ||
man_made | column | ![]() ![]() |
A column used to support a structure or for decoration. | ||
man_made | communications_tower | ![]() ![]() |
A huge tower for transmitting radio applications. | ||
man_made | compass_rose | ![]() ![]() |
A compass rose or wind rose. | ||
man_made | compressor | ![]() |
Industrial equipment used to compress a gas by reducing its volume. | ||
man_made | cooling | ![]() |
Industrial cooling facility. | ||
man_made | cooling_tower | ![]() ![]() |
A cooling tower | ||
man_made | courtyard | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
An area that is usually enclosed by walls or buildings. | ||
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 | dolphin | ![]() ![]() |
A marine structure for berthing and mooring of vessels. | ||
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 | flare | ![]() |
A tower constructed to burn off excess gas. | ||
man_made | footwear_decontamination | ![]() ![]() |
A facility to decontaminate footwear for hikers. | ||
man_made | frost_fan | ![]() |
A device to stop frosts from damaging crops. | ||
man_made | fuel_pump | ![]() |
A fuel pump (petrol pump, gas pump) | ||
man_made | gantry | ![]() ![]() |
An overhead structure across a major road usually for holding signs, often variable-message signs. | ||
man_made | gas_well | ![]() ![]() |
A natural gas well | ||
man_made | gasometer | ![]() ![]() |
A large container in which natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. | ||
man_made | geoglyph | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A large design or motif (generally longer than 4 metres) produced on the ground | ||
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 | guy_wire | ![]() |
Guy wire designed to add stability to a freestanding structure. | ||
man_made | heap | ![]() ![]() |
A large pile of material | ||
man_made | hongsalmun | ![]() |
A gate for entering a sacred place in Korea. The gate indicates entry to a sacred realm. | ||
man_made | iljumun | ![]() ![]() |
The first gate at the entrance to many Korean Buddhist temples | ||
man_made | insect_hotel | ![]() |
A structure intended to provide shelter for insects. | ||
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 | manhole | ![]() |
Hole with a cover that allows access to an underground service location, just large enough for a human to climb through. | ||
man_made | mast | ![]() |
A mast is a vertical structure built to hold, for example, antennas. | ||
man_made | maypole | ![]() ![]() |
A tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk traditions to celebrate the beginning of summer. | ||
man_made | milk_churn_stand | ![]() ![]() |
A current or former collection point for milk churns. | ||
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 | oil_gas_separator | ![]() |
Industrial equipment used to separate liquid and gaseous components (oil and gas) produced from a petroleum well. | ||
man_made | oxidation_ditch | ![]() ![]() |
An oxidation ditch of a wastewater treatment plant. | ||
man_made | paifang | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
A traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. | ||
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 | planter | ![]() ![]() |
A structure for planting flowers or other ornamental plants. | ||
man_made | pump | ![]() |
A device in charge of moving or raising the level of liquids. | ||
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A pumping rig for producing oil. Use of this tag is discouraged. See man_made=petroleum_well instead. | ||||
man_made | pumping_station | ![]() ![]() |
Pumping station: a facility including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another | ||
man_made | quay | ![]() ![]() |
A man-made structure alongside navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels. | ||
man_made | reservoir_covered | ![]() ![]() |
A covered reservoir is a large man-made tank for holding fresh water | ||
man_made | satellite_dish | ![]() ![]() |
A dish-shaped parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit radio waves to or from a satellite | ||
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 | spoil_heap | ![]() |
Spoil heap, piles of waste rock removed during mining. | ||
man_made | spring_box | ![]() ![]() |
A structure designed for protecting and catching groundwater from a natural spring. | ||
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 | stupa | ![]() ![]() |
A Buddhist dome-shaped structure with a spire on top | ||
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 | torii | ![]() ![]() |
The gate structure found at the entrance of Shinto shrines and (rarely) Japanese Buddhist temples. | ||
man_made | tower | ![]() ![]() |
A tower is a free-standing structure which is higher than it is wide. Add tower:type=* if possible. | ||
man_made | threshing_floor | ![]() ![]() |
An open air paved area created to thresh the grain harvest and then winnow it. | ||
man_made | utility_pole | ![]() |
A single pole supporting elevation of any of various and unspecified public utilities, such as power transmission, lighting or telephony. | ||
man_made | ventilation_shaft | ![]() |
A vertical space in mines, tunnels, or buildings allowing stale air to leave the space underneath and/or fresh air to enter it. | ||
man_made | video_wall | ![]() ![]() |
A digital screen, typically constructed out of smaller LED panels. | ||
man_made | wastewater_plant | ![]() ![]() |
A wastewater plant is a facility used to treat wastewater or sewage. | ||
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 | watermill | ![]() ![]() |
A mill driven by water power. | ||
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 | windpump | ![]() ![]() |
A device that pumps natural gas or water using the wind, typically mass produced. | ||
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 |
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