diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/libMakefile b/plugins/input/osm/libMakefile
index b603e0e03..5bc37a943 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/libMakefile
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/libMakefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-CXXFLAGS = `xml2-config --cflags` -I/usr/local/include/mapnik -I/usr/include/boost -I/usr/include/freetype2 -fPIC -g
+CXXFLAGS = `xml2-config --cflags` -I/usr/local/include/mapnik -I/usr/include/boost -I/usr/include/freetype2  -I/home/nick/mapnik-osm/agg/include  -fPIC -g
 MAPNIK_OSM_OBJ = osmparser.o osm.o osm_datasource.o osm_featureset.o 
 osm.input: $(MAPNIK_OSM_OBJ)
 	g++ -shared -o osm.input $(MAPNIK_OSM_OBJ) 
diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/osm.cpp b/plugins/input/osm/osm.cpp
index a51279039..82c455c57 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/osm.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/osm.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
+polygon_types osm_way::ptypes;
+
 bool osm_dataset::load(const char* filename,const std::string& parser)
 {
 	if (parser=="libxml2")
@@ -174,3 +176,16 @@ bounds osm_way::get_bounds()
 	}
 	return b;
 }
+
+bool osm_way::is_polygon()
+{
+	for(int count=0; count<ptypes.ptypes.size(); count++)
+	{
+		if(keyvals.find(ptypes.ptypes[count].first) != keyvals.end() &&
+		   keyvals[ptypes.ptypes[count].first] == ptypes.ptypes[count].second)
+		{
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/osm.h b/plugins/input/osm/osm.h
index 3c1c2e21d..8fb7c6223 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/osm.h
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/osm.h
@@ -5,72 +5,93 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
 #include <set>
+#include <utility>
 
 struct bounds
 {
-	double w,s,e,n;
-	bounds() { w=-180; s=-90; e=180; n=90; }
-	bounds(double w, double s, double e, double n )
-	{ 
-		this->w = w;
-		this->s = s;
-		this->e = e;
-		this->n = n;
-	}
+    double w,s,e,n;
+    bounds() { w=-180; s=-90; e=180; n=90; }
+    bounds(double w, double s, double e, double n )
+    { 
+        this->w = w;
+        this->s = s;
+        this->e = e;
+        this->n = n;
+    }
+};
+
+class polygon_types
+{
+public:
+    std::vector<std::pair<std::string,std::string> > ptypes;
+
+    polygon_types()
+    {
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>("natural","wood"));
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>("natural","water"));
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>("natural","heath"));
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>("natural","marsh"));
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>
+                ("landuse","forest"));
+        ptypes.push_back(std::pair<std::string,std::string>
+                ("landuse","industrial"));
+    }
 };
 
 struct osm_item
 {
-	long id;
-	std::map<std::string,std::string> keyvals;	
-	virtual std::string to_string();
+    long id;
+    std::map<std::string,std::string> keyvals;    
+    virtual std::string to_string();
 };
 
 
 struct osm_node: public osm_item
 {
-	double lat, lon;
-	std::string to_string();
+    double lat, lon;
+    std::string to_string();
 };
 
 struct osm_way: public osm_item
 {
-	std::vector<osm_node*> nodes; 
-	std::string to_string();
-	bounds get_bounds();
+    std::vector<osm_node*> nodes; 
+    std::string to_string();
+    bounds get_bounds();
+    bool is_polygon();
+    static polygon_types ptypes;
 };
 
 class osm_dataset
 {
 private:
-	int next_item_mode;
-	enum {Node, Way };
-	std::vector<osm_node*>::iterator node_i;
-	std::vector<osm_way*>::iterator way_i;
-	std::vector<osm_node*> nodes;
-	std::vector<osm_way*> ways; 
+    int next_item_mode;
+    enum {Node, Way };
+    std::vector<osm_node*>::iterator node_i;
+    std::vector<osm_way*>::iterator way_i;
+    std::vector<osm_node*> nodes;
+    std::vector<osm_way*> ways; 
 
 public:
-	osm_dataset() { node_i=nodes.begin(); way_i=ways.begin();
-					next_item_mode=Node; }
-	osm_dataset(const char* name) 
-		{ node_i=nodes.begin(); way_i=ways.begin();
-		 next_item_mode=Node; load(name); }
-	bool load(const char* name,const std::string& parser="libxml2");
-	~osm_dataset();
-	void add_node(osm_node* n) { nodes.push_back(n); }
-	void add_way(osm_way* w) { ways.push_back(w); }
-	std::string to_string();
-	bounds get_bounds();
-	std::set<std::string> get_keys();
-	void rewind_nodes() { node_i=nodes.begin(); }
-	void rewind_ways() { way_i=ways.begin(); }
-	void rewind() { rewind_nodes(); rewind_ways(); next_item_mode=Node; }
-	osm_node * next_node();
-	osm_way * next_way();
-	osm_item * next_item();
-	bool current_item_is_node() { return next_item_mode==Node; }
-	bool current_item_is_way() { return next_item_mode==Way; }
+    osm_dataset() { node_i=nodes.begin(); way_i=ways.begin();
+                    next_item_mode=Node; }
+    osm_dataset(const char* name) 
+        { node_i=nodes.begin(); way_i=ways.begin();
+         next_item_mode=Node; load(name); }
+    bool load(const char* name,const std::string& parser="libxml2");
+    ~osm_dataset();
+    void add_node(osm_node* n) { nodes.push_back(n); }
+    void add_way(osm_way* w) { ways.push_back(w); }
+    std::string to_string();
+    bounds get_bounds();
+    std::set<std::string> get_keys();
+    void rewind_nodes() { node_i=nodes.begin(); }
+    void rewind_ways() { way_i=ways.begin(); }
+    void rewind() { rewind_nodes(); rewind_ways(); next_item_mode=Node; }
+    osm_node * next_node();
+    osm_way * next_way();
+    osm_item * next_item();
+    bool current_item_is_node() { return next_item_mode==Node; }
+    bool current_item_is_way() { return next_item_mode==Way; }
 };
 
 #endif // OSM_H
diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/osm_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/osm/osm_featureset.cpp
index 4e9f359ac..7bbda9359 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/osm_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/osm_featureset.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ using mapnik::feature_ptr;
 using mapnik::geometry2d;
 using mapnik::point_impl;
 using mapnik::line_string_impl;
+using mapnik::polygon_impl;
+
+using std::cerr;
+using std::endl;
 
 template <typename filterT>
 osm_featureset<filterT>::osm_featureset(const filterT& filter, 
@@ -84,10 +88,15 @@ feature_ptr osm_featureset<filterT>::next()
 				if(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->nodes.size())
 				{
 					feature=feature_ptr(new Feature(count_++));
-					geometry2d *line = new line_string_impl;
-					line->set_capacity(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->
+					geometry2d *geom;
+					if(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->is_polygon())
+						geom=new polygon_impl;
+					else
+						geom=new line_string_impl;
+
+					geom->set_capacity(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->
 									nodes.size());
-					line->move_to(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->
+					geom->move_to(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->
 										nodes[0]->lon,
 								static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)->
 										nodes[0]->lat);
@@ -95,12 +104,12 @@ feature_ptr osm_featureset<filterT>::next()
 					for(int count=1; count<static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)
 								->nodes.size(); count++)
 					{
-						line->line_to(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)
+						geom->line_to(static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)
 									->nodes[count]->lon,
 								static_cast<osm_way*>(cur_item)
 									->nodes[count]->lat);
 					}
-					feature->add_geometry(line);
+					feature->add_geometry(geom);
 					success=true;
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/plugins/input/osm/render.cpp b/plugins/input/osm/render.cpp
index 7900586b3..5d00b315f 100644
--- a/plugins/input/osm/render.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/osm/render.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 {
 	if(argc < 6)
 	{
-		std::cerr<<"Usage: render XMLfile w s e n OSMfile" << std::endl;
+		std::cerr<<"Usage: render XMLfile w s e n [OSMfile]" << std::endl;
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@ int main(int argc,char *argv[])
 	Map m (800,800);
 	load_map(m,argv[1]);
 	
-	parameters p;
-	p["type"] = "osm";
-	p["file"] = argv[6];
-	for(int count=0; count<m.layerCount(); count++)
+	if(argc>6)
 	{
-		parameters q = m.getLayer(count).datasource()->params();
-		m.getLayer(count).set_datasource(datasource_cache::instance()->
-		create(p));
+		parameters p;
+		p["type"] = "osm";
+		p["file"] = argv[6];
+		for(int count=0; count<m.layerCount(); count++)
+		{
+			parameters q = m.getLayer(count).datasource()->params();
+			m.getLayer(count).set_datasource(datasource_cache::instance()->
+				create(p));
+		}
 	}
 
 	Envelope<double> bbox (atof(argv[2]),atof(argv[3]),