diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java
index 0479a40..d54cee1 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ import java.io.DataOutputStream;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.sql.Connection;
+import java.sql.DriverManager;
+import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import btools.expressions.BExpressionContextNode;
@@ -33,6 +38,22 @@ public class OsmCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
   public RestrictionCutter restrictionCutter;
   public NodeFilter nodeFilter;
 
+
+  Connection conn = null;
+  PreparedStatement psAllTags = null;
+
+  ResultSet rsBrouter = null;
+
+  int cntHighways = 0;
+  int cntWayModified = 0;
+  int cntNewNoise = 0;
+  int cntNewRiver = 0;
+  int cntNewForest = 0;
+  int cntNewTown = 0;
+  int cntNewTraffic = 0;
+
+  String jdbcurl;
+
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     System.out.println("*** OsmCutter: cut an osm map in node-tiles + a way file");
     if (args.length != 6 && args.length != 7) {
@@ -117,6 +138,9 @@ public class OsmCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
     return "records read: " + recordCnt + " nodes=" + nodesParsed + " ways=" + waysParsed + " rels=" + relsParsed + " changesets=" + changesetsParsed;
   }
 
+  public void setJdbcUrl(String url) {
+    this.jdbcurl = url;
+  }
 
   @Override
   public void nextNode(NodeData n) throws Exception {
@@ -165,6 +189,91 @@ public class OsmCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
   }
 
 
+// Ess Bee : NEW function to add the new tags (estimated_noise_class , river, forest...)
+
+  private void generateSpecialTags(long osm_id, Map<String, String> map) {
+
+    if (jdbcurl == null) return;
+
+    // is the database allready connected?
+    if (conn == null) {
+
+      String sql_all_tags = "SELECT *  from all_tags where losmid = ?";
+
+      System.err.println("OsmCutter start connection to the database........" + jdbcurl);
+
+      try {
+        conn = DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcurl);
+        psAllTags = conn.prepareStatement(sql_all_tags);
+
+        System.err.println("OsmCutter connect to the database ok........");
+
+      } catch (SQLException g) {
+        System.err.format("Osm Cutter SQL State: %s\n%s", g.getSQLState(), g.getMessage());
+        System.exit(0);
+      } catch (Exception f) {
+        f.printStackTrace();
+        System.exit(0);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (Map.Entry<String, String> e : map.entrySet()) {
+      if (e.getKey().equals("highway")) {
+        cntHighways = cntHighways + 1;
+
+        try {
+
+          psAllTags.setLong(1, osm_id);
+
+          // process the results
+          rsBrouter = psAllTags.executeQuery();
+
+          if (rsBrouter.next()) {
+
+            cntWayModified = cntWayModified + 1;
+            if (rsBrouter.getString("noise_class") != null) {
+              map.put("estimated_noise_class", rsBrouter.getString("noise_class"));
+              cntNewNoise = cntNewNoise + 1;
+            }
+            if (rsBrouter.getString("river_class") != null) {
+              map.put("estimated_river_class", rsBrouter.getString("river_class"));
+              cntNewRiver = cntNewRiver + 1;
+            }
+            if (rsBrouter.getString("forest_class") != null) {
+              map.put("estimated_forest_class", rsBrouter.getString("forest_class"));
+              cntNewForest = cntNewForest + 1;
+            }
+
+            if (rsBrouter.getString("town_class") != null) {
+              map.put("estimated_town_class", rsBrouter.getString("town_class"));
+              cntNewTown = cntNewTown + 1;
+            }
+
+            if (rsBrouter.getString("traffic_class") != null) {
+              map.put("estimated_traffic_class", rsBrouter.getString("traffic_class"));
+              cntNewTraffic = cntNewTraffic + 1;
+            }
+
+          }
+          if ((cntHighways % 100000) == 0) {
+            System.out.print("HW processed=" + cntHighways + " HW modifs=" + cntWayModified + " NoiseTags=" + cntNewNoise);
+            System.out.println(" RiverTags=" + cntNewRiver + " ForestTags=" + cntNewForest + " TownTags=" + cntNewTown + " TrafficTags=" + cntNewTraffic);
+          }
+
+        } catch (SQLException g) {
+          System.err.format(" OsmCutter execute sql .. SQL State: %s\n%s", g.getSQLState(), g.getMessage());
+          System.exit(0);
+        } catch (Exception f) {
+          f.printStackTrace();
+          System.exit(0);
+        }
+
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   @Override
   public void nextWay(WayData w) throws Exception {
     waysParsed++;
@@ -173,13 +282,14 @@ public class OsmCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
     // encode tags
     if (w.getTagsOrNull() == null) return;
 
+    generateSpecialTags(w.wid, w.getTagsOrNull());
+
     generatePseudoTags(w.getTagsOrNull());
 
     int[] lookupData = _expctxWay.createNewLookupData();
     for (String key : w.getTagsOrNull().keySet()) {
       String value = w.getTag(key);
       _expctxWay.addLookupValue(key, value.replace(' ', '_'), lookupData);
-      // _expctxWayStat.addLookupValue( key, value, null );
     }
     w.description = _expctxWay.encode(lookupData);
 
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java
index 6c4a725..0fadcf1 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import java.io.File;
 public class OsmFastCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     System.out.println("*** OsmFastCutter: cut an osm map in node-tiles + way-tiles");
-    if (args.length != 11 && args.length != 12) {
-      String common = "java OsmFastCutter <lookup-file> <node-dir> <way-dir> <node55-dir> <way55-dir> <border-file> <out-rel-file> <out-res-file> <filter-profile> <report-profile> <check-profile>";
+    if (args.length != 11 && args.length != 12 && args.length != 13) {
+      String common = "java OsmFastCutter <lookup-file> <node-dir> <way-dir> <node55-dir> <way55-dir> <border-file> <out-rel-file> <out-res-file> <filter-profile> <report-profile> <check-profile> <map-file> <jdbc-url>";
 
       System.out.println("usage: bzip2 -dc <map> | " + common);
       System.out.println("or   : " + common + " <inputfile> ");
@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ public class OsmFastCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
       , new File(args[9])
       , new File(args[10])
       , args.length > 11 ? new File(args[11]) : null
+      , args.length > 12 ? args[12] : null
     );
   }
 
-  public static void doCut(File lookupFile, File nodeDir, File wayDir, File node55Dir, File way55Dir, File borderFile, File relFile, File resFile, File profileAll, File profileReport, File profileCheck, File mapFile) throws Exception {
+  public static void doCut(File lookupFile, File nodeDir, File wayDir, File node55Dir, File way55Dir, File borderFile, File relFile, File resFile, File profileAll, File profileReport, File profileCheck, File mapFile, String jdbcurl) throws Exception {
     // **** run OsmCutter ****
     OsmCutter cutter = new OsmCutter();
+    if (jdbcurl != null) cutter.setJdbcUrl(jdbcurl);
 
     // ... inject WayCutter
     cutter.wayCutter = new WayCutter();