This is the default osm2pgsql .style file that comes with osm2pgsql.
A .style file has 4 columns that define how OSM objects end up in tables in
the database and what columns are created. It interacts with the command-line
hstore options.
Columns
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OsmType: This is either “node”, “way” or “node,way” and indicates if this tag
applies to nodes, ways, or both.
Tag: The tag
DataType: The type of the column to be created. Normally “text”
Flags: Flags that indicate what table the OSM object is moved into.
There are 6 possible flags. These flags are used both to indicate if a column
should be created, and if ways with the tag are assumed to be areas. The area
assumptions can be overridden with an area=yes/no tag
polygon - Create a column for this tag, and objects with the tag are areas
linear - Create a column for this tag
nocolumn - Override the above and don’t create a column for the tag, but do
include objects with this tag
phstore - Same as polygon,nocolumn for backward compatibility
delete - Drop this tag completely and don’t create a column for it. This also
prevents the tag from being added to hstore columns
nocache - Deprecated and does nothing
If an object has a tag that indicates it is an area or has area=yes/1,
osm2pgsql will try to turn it into an area. If it succeeds, it places it in
the polygon table. If it fails (e.g. not a closed way) it places it in the
line table.
Nodes are never placed into the polygon or line table and are always placed in
the point table.
Hstore
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The options --hstore, --hstore-match-only, and --hstore-all interact with
the .style file.
With --hstore any tags without a column will be added to the hstore column.
This will also cause all objects to be kept.
With --hstore-match-only the behavior for tags is the same, but objects are
only kept if they have a non-NULL value in one of the columns.
With --hstore-all all tags are added to the hstore column unless they appear
in the style file with a delete flag, causing duplication between the normal
columns and the hstore column.
Special database columns
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There are some special database columns that if present in the .style file
will be populated by osm2pgsql.
These are
z_order - datatype int4
way_area - datatype real. The area of the way, in the units of the projection
(e.g. square mercator meters). Only applies to areas
osm_user - datatype text
osm_uid - datatype integer
osm_version - datatype integer
osm_changeset - datatype integer
osm_timestamp - datatype timestamptz(0).
Used with the --extra-attributes option to include metadata in the database.
If importing with both --hstore and --extra-attributes the meta-data will
end up in the tags hstore column regardless of the style file.
OsmType Tag DataType Flags
node,way access text linear
node,way addr:housename text linear
node,way addr:housenumber text linear
node,way addr:interpolation text linear
node,way admin_level text linear
node,way aerialway text linear
node,way aeroway text polygon
node,way amenity text polygon
node,way area text polygon # hard coded support for area=1/yes => polygon is in osm2pgsql
node,way barrier text linear
node,way bicycle text linear
node,way brand text linear
node,way bridge text linear
node,way boundary text linear
node,way building text polygon
node capital text linear
node,way construction text linear
node,way covered text linear
node,way culvert text linear
node,way cutting text linear
node,way denomination text linear
node,way disused text linear
node ele text linear
node,way embankment text linear
node,way foot text linear
node,way generator:source text linear
node,way harbour text polygon
node,way highway text linear
node,way historic text polygon
node,way horse text linear
node,way intermittent text linear
node,way junction text linear
node,way landuse text polygon
node,way layer text linear
node,way leisure text polygon
node,way lock text linear
node,way man_made text polygon
node,way military text polygon
node,way motorcar text linear
node,way name text linear
node,way natural text polygon # natural=coastline tags are discarded by a hard coded rule in osm2pgsql
node,way office text polygon
node,way oneway text linear
node,way operator text linear
node,way place text polygon
node,way population text linear
node,way power text polygon
node,way power_source text linear
node,way public_transport text polygon
node,way railway text linear
node,way ref text linear
node,way religion text linear
node,way route text linear
node,way service text linear
node,way shop text polygon
node,way sport text polygon
node,way surface text linear
node,way toll text linear
node,way tourism text polygon
node,way tower:type text linear
way tracktype text linear
node,way tunnel text linear
node,way water text polygon
node,way waterway text polygon
node,way wetland text polygon
node,way width text linear
node,way wood text linear
node,way z_order int4 linear # This is calculated during import
way way_area real linear # This is calculated during import
Area tags
We don’t make columns for these tags, but objects with them are areas.
Mainly for use with hstore
way abandoned:aeroway text polygon,nocolumn
way abandoned:amenity text polygon,nocolumn
way abandoned:building text polygon,nocolumn
way abandoned:landuse text polygon,nocolumn
way abandoned:power text polygon,nocolumn
way area:highway text polygon,nocolumn
Deleted tags
These are tags that are generally regarded as useless for most rendering.
Most of them are from imports or intended as internal information for mappers
Some of them are automatically deleted by editors.
If you want some of them, perhaps for a debugging layer, just delete the lines.
These tags are used by mappers to keep track of data.
They aren’t very useful for rendering.
node,way note text delete
node,way note:* text delete
node,way source text delete
node,way source_ref text delete
node,way source:* text delete
node,way attribution text delete
node,way comment text delete
node,way fixme text delete
Tags generally dropped by editors, not otherwise covered
node,way created_by text delete
node,way odbl text delete
node,way odbl:note text delete
node,way SK53_bulk:load text delete
Lots of import tags
TIGER (US)
node,way tiger:* text delete
NHD (US)
NHD has been converted every way imaginable
node,way NHD:* text delete
node,way nhd:* text delete
GNIS (US)
node,way gnis:* text delete
Geobase (CA)
node,way geobase:* text delete
NHN (CA)
node,way accuracy:meters text delete
node,way sub_sea:type text delete
node,way waterway:type text delete
KSJ2 (JA)
See also note:ja and source_ref above
node,way KSJ2:* text delete
Yahoo/ALPS (JA)
node,way yh:* text delete
osak (DK)
node,way osak:* text delete
kms (DK)
node,way kms:* text delete
ngbe (ES)
See also note:es and source:file above
node,way ngbe:* text delete
naptan (UK)
node,way naptan:* text delete
Corine (CLC) (Europe)
node,way CLC:* text delete
misc
node,way 3dshapes:ggmodelk text delete
node,way AND_nosr_r text delete
node,way import text delete
node,way it:fvg:* text delete