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Table 2 List of some OSM tags (keys and values) used in the conversion to LULC classes

From: Automatic conversion of OSM data into LULC maps: comparing FOSS4G based approaches towards an enhanced performance

Key

Key values

amenity (area)

animal_shelter, arts_centre, bank, bar, brothel, cafe, car_rental, car_wash, casino, cinema, clinic, college, community_centre, courthouse, crematorium, crypt, dentist, dive_centre, driving_school, embassy, fast_food, ferry_terminal, fire_station, food_court, fuel, grave_yard, gym, hospital, internet_cafe

amenity (point)

bar, hospital, pub, restaurant, school, university

building (area)

apartments, cathedral, chapel, church, civic, commercial, garage, hangar, hospital, hotel, house, industrial, kiosk, mosque, office, public, residential, retail, school, shrine, stadium, synagogue, temple, train_station, transportation, warehouse, yes

building (point)

hotel, office, commercial,hospital, industrial, retail, warehouse, cathedral, chapel, church, mosque, temple, synagogue, school, stadium, train_station, transportation, public, shrine, civic, hangar, kiosk

highway (line)

living_street, motorway, motorway_link, pedestrian, primary, primary_link, residential, road, secondary, secondary_link, service, tertiary, tertiary_link, trunk, trunk_link, unclassified

landuse (area)

allotments, beer-garden, brownfield, cemetery, commercial, construction, depot, farm, farmland, farmyard, flowers, forest, grass, greenfield, greenhouse-horticulture, industrial, landfill, meadow, military, orchard, plants, pond, quarry, railway, recreation_ground, recreational_area, recreational, reservoir, residential, retail, scrub, village_green, vineyard

leisure (area)

adult_gaming_centre, amusement_arcade, beach_resort, dance, dog_park, garden, golf_course, hackerspace, ice_rink, marina, miniature_golf, nature_reserve, park, pitch, playground, sports_centre, stadium, summer_camp, swimming_area, swimming_pool, track, track, water_park

natural (area)

bay, bare_rock, beach, fell, forest, glacier, grassland, heath, mud, park, sand, scree, scrub, shingle, water, wetland, wood, riverbank

railway (line)

rail

waterway (line)

dock, river, riverbank, stream