OpenStreetMap Supported Tags

GameRealisticMap uses a simplified data model built from OSM data.

This document list all supported OSM data tags and their simplification in GameRealisticMap .

Surfaces

Only these elements mapped as areas are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Vineyard	landuse=vineyard	Vineyard
Orchard	landuse=orchard	Orchard
Farmland (grass)	landuse=farmland crop=grass	Meadow
Farmland	landuse=farmland (others)	Farmland
Meadow	landuse=meadow	Meadow
Meadow	natural=meadow	Meadow
Grassland	natural=grassland	Meadow
Heath	natural=heath	Meadow
Sand	natural=sand	Sand
Beach	natural=beach	Sand
Sand surface	surface=sand	Sand
Managed Forest	landuse=forest	Forest
Natural Wood	natural=wood	Forest
Bare Rock	natural=bare_rock	Rocks
Scrub	natural=scrub	Scrubs
Lake	water=lake	Lake
Pond	water=pond	Lake
Water	natural=water	Lake

Individual trees and tree rows

Only these elements mapped as nodes are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Tree	natural=tree	Individual tree

Only these elements mapped as paths are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Tree Row	natural=tree_row	Tree row

Barriers : fences, hedges, walls

Only these elements mapped as paths are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Wall	barrier=wall	Wall
Fence	barrier=fence	Fence
Hedge	barrier=hedge	Hedge

Buildings and assimilated

Only these elements mapped as areas.

Beta 7 will add support for those elements mapped as node.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
?	building=* shelter_type=public_transport	Bus Stop Shelter
?	building=* tower:type=communication	Radio Tower
?	building=church	Church
?	building=hut	Hut
?	building=shed public_transport=platform	Bus Stop Shelter
?	building=shed (others)	Shed
?	building=commercial	Commercial
?	building=retail	Retail
?	building=farm_auxiliary	Agricultural
?	building=barn	Agricultural
?	building=owshed	Agricultural
?	building=water_tower	Water Tower
?	building=garage	Individual Garage
?	building=house (Beta 7)	Residential
?	building=detached (Beta 7)	Residential
?	building=semidetached_house (Beta 7)	Residential
?	building=farm (Beta 7)	Residential
?	building=* historic=fort	Historical Fort
?	building=* brand=*	Retail
?	man_made=lighthouse (Beta 7)	Lighthouse
?	man_made=water_tower (Beta 7)	Water Tower

Urban areas

GRM prefers those elements as areas when allowed by OSM conventions.

Urban areas are used for specific ground texture, filling elements, and default building type.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation (default building type)
Industrial Area	landuse=industrial	Industrial
Commercial Area	landuse=commercial	Commercial
Residential Area	landuse=residential	Residential
Retail Area	landuse=retail	Retail
Military Area	landuse=military	Military
Farmyard	landuse=farmyard	Agricultural

Roads

Only these elements mapped as paths are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
?	highway=motorway	Two Lanes Motorway
?	highway=primary	Two Lanes Primary Road
?	highway=primary_link	Two Lanes Primary Road
?	highway=trunk	Two Lanes Primary Road
?	highway=trunk_link	Two Lanes Primary Road
?	highway=motorway_link	Two Lanes Primary Road
?	highway=secondary	Two Lanes Secondary Road
?	highway=seconday_link	Two Lanes Secondary Road
?	highway=tertiary	Two Lanes Secondary Road
?	highway=tertiary_link	Two Lanes Secondary Road
?	highway=road	Two Lanes Secondary Road
?	highway=living_street	Two Lanes Urban Road
?	highway=residential	Two Lanes Urban Road
?	highway=unclassified	Two Lanes Urban Road
?	highway=service [1]	One Lane Urban Road
?	highway=footway [2]	Urban footway
?	highway=track	Path road
?	highway=pedestrian surface=asphalt	Urban footway
?	highway=pedestrian surface=paved	Urban footway
?	highway=pedestrian (others)	Trail

[1] For optimization purpose, some service roads are ignored :

• access=private are ignored
• service=driveway with restrictions are ignored

[2] Sidewalks and crossing are ignored, they are always procedural to ease adjusting to in-game road size

Objects

Only these elements mapped as nodes are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
?	amenity=bench	Bench
?	amenity=waste_basket	Basket
?	amenity=post_box	PostBox
?	amenity=recycling recycling_type=container	Recycling Container
?	man_made=water_well	Water Well
?	man_made=flagpole (Beta 7)	Flagpole
?	leisure=picnic_table	Picnic Table
?	emergency=fire_hydrant fire_hydrant:type=pillar	Fire Hydrant
?	information=board	Information Board
?	historic=wayside_cross	Wayside Cross
?	historic=memorial memorial=statue	Statue
?	historic=memorial memorial=war_memorial	War Memorial
?	artwork_type=sculpture	Sculpture
?	highway=street_lamp (Beta 7) [1]	Street Lamp

[1] Street lamps mapped are preferred, even if procedural street lamps is enabled.

Railways

Only these elements mapped as paths are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Train Track	railway=rail	Railway
Disused Railway	railway=disused (Beta 7)	Railway

Only these elements mapped as nodes are detected.

iD Title (en-US)	Detected OSM Tags	GRM interpretation
Railway-Road Crossing	railway=level_crossing	Railway crossing with a road