A tentative OSM hierarchical categorisation using OSM's wiki Map Features

labels.json

{
  "Aerialway": {
    "aerialway": [
      "cable_car",
      "gondola",
      "chair_lift",
      "mixed_lift",
      "drag_lift",
      "t-bar",
      "j-bar",
      "platter",
      "rope_tow",
      "magic_carpet",
      "zip_line",
      "pylon",
      "station",
      "canopy",
      "goods",
      "user defined"
    ]
  },

  "Aeroway": {
    "aeroway": [
      "aerodrome",
      "apron",
      "gate",
      "hangar",
      "helipad",
      "heliport",
      "navigationaid",
      "runway",
      "spaceport",
      "taxilane",
      "taxiway",
      "terminal",
      "windsock"
    ]
  },
  "Amenity": {
    "Sustenance": {
      "amenity": [
        "bar",
        "bbq",
        "biergarten",
        "cafe",
        "drinking_water",
        "fast_food",
        "food_court",
        "ice_cream",
        "pub",
        "restaurant"
      ]
    },
    "Education": {
      "amenity": [
        "college",
        "kindergarten",
        "library",
        "archive",
        "public_bookcase",
        "school",
        "music_school",
        "driving_school",
        "language_school",
        "university"
      ]
    },
    "Transportation": {
      "amenity": [
        "bicycle_parking",
        "bicycle_repair_station",
        "bicycle_rental",
        "boat_rental",
        "boat_sharing",
        "bus_station",
        "car_rental",
        "car_sharing",
        "car_wash",
        "charging_station",
        "ferry_terminal",
        "fuel",
        "grit_bin",
        "motorcycle_parking",
        "parking",
        "parking_entrance",
        "parking_space",
        "taxi"
      ]
    },
    "Financial": {
      "amenity": ["atm", "bank", "bureau_de_change"]
    },
    "Healthcare": {
      "amenity": [
        "baby_hatch",
        "clinic",
        "dentist",
        "doctors",
        "hospital",
        "nursing_home",
        "pharmacy",
        "social_facility",
        "veterinary"
      ],
      "healthcare": ["blood_donation"]
    },
    "Entertainment, Arts & Culture": {
      "amenity": [
        "arts_centre",
        "brothel",
        "casino",
        "cinema",
        "community_centre",
        "fountain",
        "gambling",
        "nightclub",
        "planetarium",
        "social_centre",
        "stripclub",
        "studio",
        "swingerclub",
        "theatre"
      ]
    },
    "Others": {
      "amenity": [
        "animal_boarding",
        "animal_shelter",
        "baking_oven",
        "bench",
        "clock",
        "courthouse",
        "coworking_space",
        "crematorium",
        "crypt",
        "dive_centre",
        "dojo",
        "embassy",
        "fire_station",
        "firepit",
        "game_feeding",
        "grave_yard",
        "gym",
        "hunting_stand",
        "internet_cafe",
        "kneipp_water_cure",
        "marketplace",
        "photo_booth",
        "place_of_worship",
        "police",
        "post_box",
        "post_office",
        "prison",
        "public_bath",
        "public_building",
        "ranger_station",
        "recycling",
        "rescue_station",
        "sanitary_dump_station",
        "sauna",
        "shelter",
        "shower",
        "table",
        "telephone",
        "toilets",
        "townhall",
        "vending_machine",
        "waste_basket",
        "waste_disposal",
        "waste_transfer_station",
        "watering_place",
        "water_point",
        "user defined"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Barrier": {
    "Linear barrier": {
      "barrier": [
        "cable_barrier",
        "city_wall",
        "ditch",
        "fence",
        "guard_rail",
        "handrail",
        "hedge",
        "kerb",
        "retaining_wall",
        "tank_trap",
        "wall"
      ]
    },
    "Access control on highways": {
      "barrier": [
        "block",
        "bollard",
        "border_control",
        "bump_gate",
        "bus_trap",
        "cattle_grid",
        "chain",
        "cycle_barrier",
        "debris",
        "entrance",
        "full-height_turnstile",
        "gate",
        "hampshire_gate",
        "height_restrictor",
        "horse_stile",
        "jersey_barrier",
        "kent_carriage_gap",
        "kissing_gate",
        "lift_gate",
        "log",
        "motorcycle_barrier",
        "rope",
        "sally_port",
        "spikes",
        "stile",
        "sump_buster",
        "swing_gate",
        "toll_booth",
        "turnstile",
        "yes"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Boundary": {
    "boundary": [
      "administrative",
      "historic",
      "maritime",
      "national_park",
      "political",
      "postal_code",
      "religious_administration",
      "protected_area",
      "user defined"
    ]
  },
  "Building": {
    "Accommodation": {
      "building": [
        "apartments",
        "farm",
        "hotel",
        "house",
        "detached",
        "residential",
        "dormitory",
        "terrace",
        "houseboat",
        "bungalow",
        "static_caravan"
      ]
    },
    "Commercial": {
      "building": ["commercial", "office", "industrial", "retail", "warehouse", "kiosk"]
    },
    "Civic/Amenity": {
      "building": [
        "bakehouse",
        "cathedral",
        "chapel",
        "church",
        "kindergarten",
        "mosque",
        "temple",
        "synagogue",
        "shrine",
        "civic",
        "hospital",
        "school",
        "stadium",
        "train_station",
        "transportation",
        "university",
        "grandstand",
        "public"
      ]
    },
    "Other Buildings": {
      "building": [
        "barn",
        "bridge",
        "bunker",
        "cabin",
        "carport",
        "conservatory",
        "construction",
        "cowshed",
        "digester",
        "farm_auxiliary",
        "garage",
        "garages",
        "garbage_shed",
        "greenhouse",
        "hangar",
        "hut",
        "pavilion",
        "parking",
        "roof",
        "shed",
        "stable",
        "sty",
        "transformer_tower",
        "service",
        "ruins",
        "yes",
        "user defined"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Craft": {
    "craft": [
      "agricultural_engines",
      "bakery",
      "basket_maker",
      "beekeeper",
      "blacksmith",
      "boatbuilder",
      "bookbinder",
      "brewery",
      "builder",
      "carpenter",
      "carpet_layer",
      "caterer",
      "chimney_sweeper",
      "clockmaker",
      "confectionery",
      "distillery",
      "dressmaker",
      "electrician",
      "engraver",
      "floorer",
      "gardener",
      "glaziery",
      "handicraft",
      "hvac",
      "insulation",
      "jeweller",
      "joiner",
      "key_cutter",
      "locksmith",
      "metal_construction",
      "optician",
      "painter",
      "parquet_layer",
      "photographer",
      "photographic_laboratory",
      "piano_tuner",
      "plasterer",
      "plumber",
      "pottery",
      "rigger",
      "roofer",
      "saddler",
      "sailmaker",
      "sawmill",
      "scaffolder",
      "sculptor",
      "shoemaker",
      "stand_builder",
      "stonemason",
      "sun_protection",
      "tailor",
      "tiler",
      "tinsmith",
      "toolmaker",
      "turner",
      "upholsterer",
      "watchmaker",
      "window_construction",
      "winery"
    ]
  },
  "Emergency": {
    "Medical Rescue": {
      "emergency": ["ambulance_station", "defibrillator", "landing_site"]
    },
    "Firefighters": {
      "emergency": [
        "fire_extinguisher",
        "fire_flapper",
        "fire_hose",
        "fire_hydrant",
        "water_tank",
        "fire_water_pond",
        "suction_point"
      ]
    },
    "Lifeguards": {
      "emergency": [
        "lifeguard_base",
        "lifeguard_tower",
        "lifeguard_platform",
        "lifeguard_place",
        "life_ring"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Geological": {
    "geological": ["moraine", "outcrop", "palaeontological_site"]
  },
  "Highway": {
    "Roads": {
      "highway": [
        "motorway",
        "trunk",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "tertiary",
        "unclassified",
        "residential",
        "service"
      ]
    },
    "Link roads": {
      "highway": ["motorway_link", "trunk_link", "primary_link", "secondary_link", "tertiary_link"]
    },
    "Special road type": {
      "highway": [
        "living_street",
        "pedestrian",
        "track",
        "bus_guideway",
        "escape",
        "raceway",
        "road"
      ]
    },
    "Paths": {
      "highway": ["footway", "bridleway", "steps", "path", "cycleway"],
      "sidewalk": ["both / left / right / no"],
      "busway": ["lane"],
      "cycleway": [
        "lane",
        "opposite",
        "opposite_lane",
        "track",
        "opposite_track",
        "share_busway",
        "opposite_share_busway",
        "shared_lane"
      ]
    },
    "Lifecycle": { "highway": ["proposed", "construction"] },
    "Other highway features": {
      "highway": [
        "bus_stop",
        "crossing",
        "elevator",
        "emergency_access_point",
        "give_way",
        "mini_roundabout",
        "motorway_junction",
        "passing_place",
        "rest_area",
        "speed_camera",
        "street_lamp",
        "services",
        "stop",
        "traffic_signals",
        "turning_circle",
        "User Defined"
      ],
      "emergency": ["phone"]
    }
  },
  "Historic": {
    "historic": [
      "aircraft",
      "aqueduct",
      "archaeological_site",
      "battlefield",
      "boundary_stone",
      "building",
      "cannon",
      "castle",
      "church",
      "city_gate",
      "citywalls",
      "farm",
      "fort",
      "gallows",
      "highwater_mark",
      "locomotive",
      "manor",
      "memorial",
      "milestone",
      "monastery",
      "monument",
      "optical_telegraph",
      "pillory",
      "railway_car",
      "ruins",
      "rune_stone",
      "ship",
      "tomb",
      "tower",
      "tree_shrine",
      "wayside_cross",
      "wayside_shrine",
      "wreck",
      "yes",
      "user defined"
    ]
  },
  "Landuse": {
    "landuse": [
      "allotments",
      "basin",
      "brownfield",
      "cemetery",
      "commercial",
      "conservation",
      "construction",
      "depot",
      "farmland",
      "farmyard",
      "forest",
      "garages",
      "grass",
      "greenfield",
      "greenhouse_horticulture",
      "industrial",
      "landfill",
      "meadow",
      "military",
      "orchard",
      "pasture",
      "peat_cutting",
      "plant_nursery",
      "port",
      "quarry",
      "railway",
      "recreation_ground",
      "reservoir",
      "residential",
      "retail",
      "salt_pond",
      "village_green",
      "vineyard",
      "user defined"
    ]
  },
  "Leisure": {
    "leisure": [
      "adult_gaming_centre",
      "amusement_arcade",
      "beach_resort",
      "bandstand",
      "bird_hide",
      "common",
      "dance",
      "disc_golf_course",
      "dog_park",
      "escape_game",
      "firepit",
      "fishing",
      "fitness_centre",
      "fitness_station",
      "garden",
      "hackerspace",
      "horse_riding",
      "ice_rink",
      "marina",
      "miniature_golf",
      "nature_reserve",
      "park",
      "picnic_table",
      "pitch",
      "playground",
      "slipway",
      "sports_centre",
      "stadium",
      "summer_camp",
      "swimming_area",
      "swimming_pool",
      "track",
      "water_park",
      "wildlife_hide"
    ]
  },
  "Man_made": {
    "man_made": [
      "adit",
      "beacon",
      "breakwater",
      "bridge",
      "bunker_silo",
      "campanile",
      "chimney",
      "communications_tower",
      "crane",
      "cross",
      "cutline",
      "clearcut",
      "dovecote",
      "drinking_fountain",
      "dyke",
      "embankment",
      "flagpole",
      "gasometer",
      "groyne",
      "guy",
      "kiln",
      "lighthouse",
      "mast",
      "mineshaft",
      "monitoring_station",
      "obelisk",
      "observatory",
      "offshore_platform",
      "petroleum_well",
      "pier",
      "pipeline",
      "pumping_station",
      "reservoir_covered",
      "silo",
      "snow_fence",
      "snow_net",
      "storage_tank",
      "street_cabinet",
      "surveillance",
      "survey_point",
      "telescope",
      "tower",
      "wastewater_plant",
      "watermill",
      "water_tower",
      "water_well",
      "water_tap",
      "water_works",
      "wildlife_crossing",
      "windmill",
      "works",
      "yes"
    ]
  },
  "Military": {
    "military": [
      "airfield",
      "ammunition",
      "bunker",
      "barracks",
      "checkpoint",
      "danger_area",
      "naval_base",
      "nuclear_explosion_site",
      "obstacle_course",
      "office",
      "range",
      "training_area",
      "trench",
      "launchpad",
      "user defined"
    ]
  },
  "Natural": {
    "Vegetation or surface related": [
      "wood",
      "tree_row",
      "tree",
      "scrub",
      "heath",
      "moor",
      "grassland",
      "fell",
      "bare_rock",
      "scree",
      "shingle",
      "sand",
      "mud"
    ],
    "Water related": [
      "water",
      "wetland",
      "glacier",
      "bay",
      "cape",
      "beach",
      "coastline",
      "spring",
      "hot_spring",
      "geyser"
    ],
    "Landform related": [
      "peak",
      "volcano",
      "valley",
      "ridge",
      "arete",
      "cliff",
      "saddle",
      "rock",
      "stone",
      "sinkhole",
      "cave_entrance"
    ]
  },
  "Office": {
    "office": [
      "accountant",
      "adoption_agency",
      "advertising_agency",
      "architect",
      "association",
      "charity",
      "company",
      "educational_institution",
      "employment_agency",
      "energy_supplier",
      "estate_agent",
      "forestry",
      "foundation",
      "government",
      "guide",
      "insurance",
      "it",
      "lawyer",
      "logistics",
      "moving_company",
      "newspaper",
      "ngo",
      "notary",
      "political_party",
      "private_investigator",
      "property_management",
      "quango",
      "religion",
      "research",
      "surveyor",
      "tax",
      "tax_advisor",
      "telecommunication",
      "therapist",
      "travel_agent",
      "water_utility",
      "yes",
      "real_estate_agent"
    ]
  },
  "Place": {
    "Administratively declared places": {
      "place": ["country", "state", "region", "province", "district", "county", "municipality"]
    },
    "Populated settlements, urban": {
      "place": ["city", "borough", "suburb", "quarter", "neighbourhood", "city_block", "plot"]
    },
    "Populated settlements, urban and rural": {
      "place": ["town", "village", "hamlet", "isolated_dwelling", "farm", "allotments"]
    },
    "Other places": {
      "place": ["continent", "archipelago", "island", "islet", "square", "locality"]
    }
  },
  "Power": {
    "line": ["busbar", "bay"],
    "power": [
      "plant",
      "cable",
      "compensator",
      "converter",
      "generator",
      "heliostat",
      "insulator",
      "line",
      "minor_line",
      "pole",
      "portal",
      "catenary_mast",
      "substation",
      "switch",
      "terminal",
      "tower",
      "transformer",
      "User Defined"
    ]
  },
  "Public Transport": {
    "public_transport": ["stop_position", "platform", "station", "stop_area"]
  },
  "Railway": {
    "Tracks": {
      "railway": [
        "abandoned",
        "construction",
        "disused",
        "funicular",
        "light_rail",
        "miniature",
        "monorail",
        "narrow_gauge",
        "preserved",
        "rail",
        "subway",
        "tram"
      ]
    },
    "Stations and Stop": {
      "railway": ["halt", "platform", "station", "subway_entrance", "tram_stop"],
      "public_transport": ["stop_position", "platform", "station"]
    },
    "Other railways": {
      "railway": [
        "buffer_stop",
        "derail",
        "crossing",
        "level_crossing",
        "signal",
        "switch",
        "railway_crossing",
        "turntable",
        "roundhouse",
        "traverser",
        "wash",
        "user defined"
      ],
      "landuse": "railway"
    }
  },
  "Route": {
    "route": [
      "bicycle",
      "bus",
      "canoe",
      "detour",
      "ferry",
      "fitness_trail",
      "hiking",
      "horse",
      "inline_skates",
      "light_rail",
      "mtb",
      "nordic_walking",
      "pipeline",
      "piste",
      "power",
      "railway",
      "road",
      "running",
      "ski",
      "train",
      "tram",
      "User defined"
    ]
  },
  "Shop": {
    "Food, beverages": {
      "shop": [
        "alcohol",
        "bakery",
        "beverages",
        "brewing_supplies",
        "butcher",
        "cheese",
        "chocolate",
        "coffee",
        "confectionery",
        "convenience",
        "deli",
        "dairy",
        "farm",
        "greengrocer",
        "frozen_food",
        "ice_cream",
        "organic",
        "pasta",
        "pastry",
        "seafood",
        "spices",
        "tea",
        "wine"
      ]
    },
    "General store, department store, mall": {
      "shop": ["department_store", "general", "kiosk", "mall", "supermarket"]
    },
    "Clothing, shoes, accessories": {
      "shop": [
        "baby_goods",
        "bag",
        "boutique",
        "clothes",
        "fabric",
        "fashion",
        "jewelry",
        "leather",
        "sewing",
        "shoes",
        "tailor",
        "watches"
      ]
    },
    "Discount store, charity": {
      "shop": ["charity", "second_hand", "variety_store"]
    },
    "Health and beauty": {
      "shop": [
        "beauty",
        "chemist",
        "cosmetics",
        "drugstore",
        "erotic",
        "hairdresser",
        "hairdresser_supply",
        "hearing_aids",
        "herbalist",
        "massage",
        "medical_supply",
        "nutrition_supplements",
        "optician",
        "perfumery",
        "tattoo"
      ]
    },
    "Do-it-yourself, household, building materials, gardening": {
      "shop": [
        "agrarian",
        "bathroom_furnishing",
        "doityourself",
        "electrical",
        "energy",
        "fireplace",
        "florist",
        "garden_centre",
        "garden_furniture",
        "gas",
        "glaziery",
        "hardware",
        "houseware",
        "locksmith",
        "paint",
        "security",
        "trade"
      ]
    },
    "Furniture and interior": {
      "shop": [
        "antiques",
        "bed",
        "candles",
        "carpet",
        "curtain",
        "doors",
        "flooring",
        "furniture",
        "interior_decoration",
        "kitchen",
        "lamps",
        "tiles",
        "window_blind"
      ]
    },
    "Electronics": {
      "shop": [
        "computer",
        "robot",
        "electronics",
        "hifi",
        "mobile_phone",
        "radiotechnics",
        "vacuum_cleaner"
      ]
    },
    "Outdoors and sport, vehicles": {
      "shop": [
        "atv",
        "bicycle",
        "boat",
        "car",
        "car_repair",
        "car_parts",
        "fuel",
        "fishing",
        "free_flying",
        "hunting",
        "jetski",
        "motorcycle",
        "outdoor",
        "scuba_diving",
        "ski",
        "snowmobile",
        "sports",
        "swimming_pool",
        "tyres"
      ]
    },
    "Art, music, hobbies": {
      "shop": [
        "art",
        "collector",
        "craft",
        "frame",
        "games",
        "model",
        "music",
        "musical_instrument",
        "photo",
        "camera",
        "trophy",
        "video",
        "video_games"
      ]
    },
    "Stationery, gifts, books, newspapers": {
      "shop": ["anime", "books", "gift", "lottery", "newsagent", "stationery", "ticket"]
    },
    "Others": {
      "shop": [
        "bookmaker",
        "copyshop",
        "dry_cleaning",
        "e-cigarette",
        "funeral_directors",
        "laundry",
        "money_lender",
        "party",
        "pawnbroker",
        "pet",
        "pyrotechnics",
        "religion",
        "storage_rental",
        "tobacco",
        "toys",
        "travel_agency",
        "vacant",
        "weapons",
        "user defined"
      ]
    }
  },
  "Sport": {
    "sport": [
      "9pin",
      "10pin",
      "american_football",
      "aikido",
      "archery",
      "athletics",
      "australian_football",
      "badminton",
      "bandy",
      "base",
      "baseball",
      "basketball",
      "beachvolleyball",
      "billiards",
      "bmx",
      "bobsleigh",
      "boules",
      "bowls",
      "boxing",
      "canadian_football",
      "canoe",
      "chess",
      "cliff_diving",
      "climbing",
      "climbing_adventure",
      "cockfighting",
      "cricket",
      "croquet",
      "curling",
      "cycling",
      "darts",
      "dog_racing",
      "equestrian",
      "fencing",
      "field_hockey",
      "free_flying",
      "futsal",
      "gaelic_games",
      "golf",
      "gymnastics",
      "handball",
      "hapkido",
      "horseshoes",
      "horse_racing",
      "ice_hockey",
      "ice_skating",
      "ice_stock",
      "judo",
      "karate",
      "karting",
      "kitesurfing",
      "korfball",
      "lacrosse",
      "model_aerodrome",
      "motocross",
      "motor",
      "multi",
      "netball",
      "obstacle_course",
      "orienteering",
      "paddle_tennis",
      "parachuting",
      "paragliding",
      "pelota",
      "racquet",
      "rc_car",
      "roller_skating",
      "rowing",
      "rugby_league",
      "rugby_union",
      "running",
      "sailing",
      "scuba_diving",
      "shooting",
      "skateboard",
      "soccer",
      "sumo",
      "surfing",
      "swimming",
      "table_tennis",
      "table_soccer",
      "taekwondo",
      "tennis",
      "toboggan",
      "volleyball",
      "water_polo",
      "water_ski",
      "weightlifting",
      "wrestling",
      "yoga"
    ]
  },
  "Tourism": {
    "tourism": [
      "alpine_hut",
      "apartment",
      "aquarium",
      "artwork",
      "attraction",
      "camp_site",
      "caravan_site",
      "chalet",
      "gallery",
      "guest_house",
      "hostel",
      "hotel",
      "information",
      "motel",
      "museum",
      "picnic_site",
      "theme_park",
      "viewpoint",
      "wilderness_hut",
      "zoo",
      "yes"
    ]
  },
  "Waterway": {
    "Natural watercourses": {
      "waterway": ["river", "riverbank", "stream", "wadi", "drystream"]
    },
    "Man-made waterways": {
      "waterway": ["canal", "drain", "ditch", "fairway"]
    },
    "Facilities": {
      "waterway": ["dock", "boatyard"]
    },
    "Barriers on waterways": {
      "waterway": ["dam", "weir", "stream_end", "waterfall", "lock_gate"]
    },
    "Other features on waterways": {
      "waterway": ["turning_point", "water_point", "fuel"]
    }
  }
}