Filter for "way" objects tagged as "highway"

osmium

  • Multipurpose tool for handling OpenStreetMap (OSM) files.
    More information: <https://osmcode.org/osmium-tool/manual>.
  • Trick copyright: tl;dr; <https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr>

osmium tags-filter {{path/to/input.pbf}} w/highway -o {{path/to/output.pbf}}

click the source code to copy install osmium on any operating system with command-not-found.com