Key:man made - Other languages
 man_made
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The man-made tag is for identifying man made structures. 
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man_made=*
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man_made=* is used to identify man-made (artificial) structures added to the landscape.
A tag for identifying man made (artificial) structures that are added to the landscape.
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| man_made | adit | 
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A type of entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal. |  | |
| man_made | advertising | 
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A generic advertising device. |  | |
| man_made | antenna | 
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An antenna to transmit and/or receive wireless signals. |  | |
| man_made | avalanche_protection |
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A feature to protect from avalanches or to keep them from going off. |  | |
| man_made | beacon |
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A structure for signalling on land and sea. |  | |
| man_made | beehive |
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Beehive |  | |
| man_made | borehole |
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A bore used for a purpose not covered by man_made=petroleum_wellorman_made=water_well. |  | |
| man_made | breakwater |
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A man-made structure designed to protect a shore or harbour from the sea and waves. |  |
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| man_made | bridge |
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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 |
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An open-sided structure that can be used with vehicles to fill and empty them. |  | |
| man_made | cairn |
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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 |
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A construction to hang carpets for cleaning with the help of carpet beaters. |  | |
| man_made | cellar_entrance |
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An entrance into artificially created vault. |  | |
| man_made | charge_point |
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A device for charging electric vehicles. |  | |
| man_made | chiller |
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industrial cooling construction with large diameter fans |  | |
| man_made | chimney |
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A tall distinctive vertical conduit for venting hot gases or smoke, normally found near power stations or large factories. |  |
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| man_made | clarifier |
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A clarifier of a wastewater treatment plant. |  | |
| man_made | clearcut |
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An area where all trees have been uniformly cut down. |  | |
| man_made | column |
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A column used to support a structure or for decoration. |  | |
| man_made | communications_tower |
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A huge tower for transmitting radio applications. |  |
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| man_made | compass_rose |
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A compass rose or wind rose. |  | |
| man_made | compressor |
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Industrial equipment used to compress a gas by reducing its volume. | ||
| man_made | cooling |
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Industrial cooling facility. |  | |
| man_made | cooling_tower |
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A cooling tower |  | |
| man_made | courtyard | 
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An area that is usually enclosed by walls or buildings. |  | |
| man_made | crane |
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A stationary, permanent crane. |  |
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| man_made | cross |
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Cross with little historical or religion value, e.g. summit cross. |  |
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| man_made | cutline |
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A straight line cut in a forest. |  |
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| man_made | dolphin |
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A marine structure for berthing and mooring of vessels. |  | |
| man_made | dovecote |
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A place where doves are farmed or stored. |  | |
| man_made | dyke |
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A dyke is a an embankment built to restrict the flow of water or other liquids. |  | |
| man_made | embankment |
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An artificial steep slope. |  |
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| man_made | flagpole |
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A long pole built to hold a flag. |  | |
| man_made | flare |
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A tower constructed to burn off excess gas. |  | |
| man_made | footwear_decontamination |
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A facility to decontaminate footwear for hikers. |  | |
| man_made | frost_fan |
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A device to stop frosts from damaging crops. |  | |
| man_made | fuel_pump |
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A fuel pump (petrol pump, gas pump) |  | |
| man_made | gantry |
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An overhead structure across a major road usually for holding signs, often variable-message signs. |  | |
| man_made | gas_well |
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A natural gas well |  | |
| man_made | gasometer |
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A large container in which natural gas or town gas is stored near atmospheric pressure at ambient temperatures. |  | |
| man_made | geoglyph |
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A large design or motif (generally longer than 4 metres) produced on the ground |  | |
| man_made | goods_conveyor |
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A conveyor system for transporting materials |  |
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| man_made | groyne |
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A rigid structure built from a shoreline or riverbank that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment. See also: man_made=breakwater. | |
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| man_made | guard_stone |
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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 |
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Guy wire designed to add stability to a freestanding structure. |  |
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| man_made | heap |
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A large pile of material |  | |
| man_made | hongsalmun |
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A gate for entering a sacred place in Korea. The gate indicates entry to a sacred realm. |  | |
| man_made | iljumun |
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The first gate at the entrance to many Korean Buddhist temples |  | |
| man_made | insect_hotel |
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A structure intended to provide shelter for insects. |  | |
| man_made | kiln |
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A kiln: an oven used for industrial processes such as hardening, drying, or smelting |  | |
| man_made | lighthouse |
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Tower that emits light to serve as a navigational aid at sea or on inland waterway. |  |
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| man_made | manhole |
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Hole with a cover that allows access to an underground service location, just large enough for a human to climb through. |  | |
| man_made | mast |
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A mast is a vertical structure built to hold, for example, antennas. |  |
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| man_made | maypole |
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A tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk traditions to celebrate the beginning of summer. |  | |
| man_made | milk_churn_stand |
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A current or former collection point for milk churns. |  | |
| man_made | mineshaft |
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A mineshaft: vertical tunnel into a mine where minerals are extracted. |  | |
| man_made | monitoring_station |
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A station that monitors something. |  | |
| man_made | nesting_site |
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A man made nesting aid that is mounted on a support device. |  | |
| man_made | obelisk |
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Tall, narrow, four-sided, tapered monument which usually ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top. |  |
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| man_made | observatory |
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Observatory: a location used for observing terrestrial or celestial events |  | |
| man_made | offshore_platform |
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Offshore platform, oil platform or offshore drilling rig |  | |
| man_made | oil_gas_separator |
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Industrial equipment used to separate liquid and gaseous components (oil and gas) produced from a petroleum well. |  | |
| man_made | oxidation_ditch |
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An oxidation ditch of a wastewater treatment plant. |  | |
| man_made | paifang |
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A traditional style of Chinese architectural arch or gateway structure. |  | |
| man_made | petroleum_well |
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Oil well: a hole bored in the earth, designed to bring petroleum oil or gas to the surface |  | |
| man_made | pier |
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A pier is a raised walkway over water, supported by widely spread piles or pillars. | |
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| man_made | pipeline |
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A major pipeline carrying gas, water, oil, etc. | | |
| man_made | planter |
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A structure for planting flowers or other ornamental plants. |  | |
| man_made | pump |
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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 |
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Pumping station: a facility including pumps and equipment for pumping fluids from one place to another |  | |
| man_made | quay |
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A man-made structure alongside navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels. |  | |
| man_made | reservoir_covered |
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A covered reservoir is a large man-made tank for holding fresh water |  | |
| man_made | satellite_dish |
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A dish-shaped parabolic antenna designed to receive or transmit radio waves to or from a satellite |  | |
| man_made | silo |
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A storage container for bulk material, often grains such as corn or wheat |  |
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| man_made | snow_fence |
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A solid fence-like structure built across steep slopes to reduce risk and severity of (snow) avalanches. |  | |
| man_made | spoil_heap |
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Spoil heap, piles of waste rock removed during mining. |  | |
| man_made | spring_box |
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A structure designed for protecting and catching groundwater from a natural spring. |  | |
| man_made | storage_tank |
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A container that holds liquids or compressed gases. | |
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| man_made | street_cabinet |
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A cabinet located in the street and hosting technical equipment to operate facilities such as electricity or street lights. |  | |
| man_made | stupa |
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A Buddhist dome-shaped structure with a spire on top |  | |
| man_made | surveillance |
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A surveillance camera or other type of surveillance equipment. |  | |
| man_made | survey_point |
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A triangulation pillar, geodetic vertex, or other piece of fixed equipment used by topographers. |  | |
| man_made | tailings_pond |
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Tailings pond: A body of liquid or slurry used to store byproducts of mining operations |  | |
| man_made | telescope |
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Telescope: an instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects by collecting light or radio waves |  |
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| man_made | torii |
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The gate structure found at the entrance of Shinto shrines and (rarely) Japanese Buddhist temples. |  | |
| man_made | tower |
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A tower is a free-standing structure which is higher than it is wide. Add tower:type=* if possible. |  |
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| man_made | threshing_floor |
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An open air paved area created to thresh the grain harvest and then winnow it. |  | |
| man_made | utility_pole |
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A single pole supporting elevation of any of various and unspecified public utilities, such as power transmission, lighting or telephony. |  | |
| man_made | ventilation_shaft |
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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 |
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A digital screen, typically constructed out of smaller LED panels. |  | |
| man_made | wastewater_plant |
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A wastewater plant is a facility used to treat wastewater or sewage. |  |
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| man_made | water_tap |
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Publicly usable water tap, providing access to water and usually equipped with a valve. |  | |
| man_made | water_tower |
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Structure with a water tank at an altitude to increase pressure in water network |  |
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| man_made | water_well |
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A structural facility to access ground water, created by digging or drilling. |  | |
| man_made | water_works |
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A place where drinking water is found and applied to the local waterpipes network. | |
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| man_made | watermill |
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A mill driven by water power. |  | |
| man_made | wildlife_crossing |
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Structure that allow animals to cross human barriers safely. |  | |
| man_made | windmill |
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A traditional windmill, historically used to mill grain with wind power. See power=generator in combination with generator:source=wind for modern wind turbines. |  |
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| man_made | windpump |
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A device that pumps natural gas or water using the wind, typically mass produced. |  | |
| man_made | works |
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A factory or industrial production plant. |  | |
| man_made | yes |
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General tag for man-made (artificial) structures. | ||
| man_made | user defined |
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All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
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