Problem with osmosis syntax

Question

I want to create a light version of global map (only with cities and highways and natural objects). How to use osmosis correctly with multiple tags list? For example I try this command with no success:

osmosis \
--read-pbf file=1.pbf \
--tf accept-nodes place=* --tf accept-nodes highway=* \
--tf accept-ways place=* --tf accept-ways highway=* \
--tf reject-relations \
--write-xml output.osm

Answer 1

Alternatively, you can try osmfilter ... some people say it is easier to use, and also faster.

Please have a closer look at its parameter definition in the OSM wiki ...

Try your queries first on a small raw OSM data file, to test how to include and exclude OSM elements you need.