diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/DatabasePseudoTagProvider.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/DatabasePseudoTagProvider.java
index d43091b..0e9ba4f 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/DatabasePseudoTagProvider.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/DatabasePseudoTagProvider.java
@@ -90,7 +90,69 @@ public class DatabasePseudoTagProvider {
     }
   }
 
-  public DatabasePseudoTagProvider(String filename) {
+  public DatabasePseudoTagProvider(String filename, String jdbcurl) {
+    if (filename != null) doFileImport(filename);
+    if (jdbcurl != null) doDatabaseImport(jdbcurl);
+  }
+
+  private void doDatabaseImport(String jdbcurl) {
+
+    try (Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(jdbcurl)) {
+
+      System.out.println("DatabasePseudoTagProvider reading from database: " + jdbcurl);
+      conn.setAutoCommit(false);
+
+
+      Map<Map<String, String>, Map<String, String>> mapUnifier = new HashMap<>();
+      CompactLongMap<Map<String, String>> data = new CompactLongMap<>();
+
+      String sql_all_tags = "SELECT * from all_tags";
+      try(PreparedStatement psAllTags = conn.prepareStatement(sql_all_tags)) {
+
+        psAllTags.setFetchSize(100);
+
+        // process the results
+        ResultSet rs = psAllTags.executeQuery();
+
+        long dbRows = 0L;
+        while (rs.next()) {
+          long osm_id = rs.getLong("losmid");
+          Map<String, String> row = new HashMap<>(5);
+          addDBTag(row, rs, "noise_class");
+          addDBTag(row, rs, "river_class");
+          addDBTag(row, rs, "forest_class");
+          addDBTag(row, rs, "town_class");
+          addDBTag(row, rs, "traffic_class");
+
+          // apply the instance-unifier for the row-map
+          Map<String, String> knownRow = mapUnifier.get(row);
+          if (knownRow != null) {
+            row = knownRow;
+          } else {
+            mapUnifier.put(row, row);
+          }
+          data.put(osm_id, row);
+          dbRows++;
+          if (dbRows % 1000000L == 0L) {
+            System.out.println(".. from database: rows =" + dbRows);
+          }
+        }
+        System.out.println("freezing result map..");
+        dbData = new FrozenLongMap<>(data);
+        System.out.println("read from database: rows =" + dbData.size() + " unique rows=" + mapUnifier.size());
+      }
+
+    } catch (SQLException g) {
+      System.err.format("DatabasePseudoTagProvider execute sql .. SQL State: %s\n%s\n", g.getSQLState(), g.getMessage());
+      System.exit(1);
+    } catch (Exception f) {
+      f.printStackTrace();
+      System.exit(1);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  private void doFileImport(String filename) {
 
     try (BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
            filename.endsWith(".gz") ? new GZIPInputStream(new FileInputStream(filename)) : new FileInputStream(filename)))) {
@@ -158,12 +220,22 @@ public class DatabasePseudoTagProvider {
     return l;
   }
 
-  private static void addTag(Map<String, String> row, String s, String name) {    
+  private static void addTag(Map<String, String> row, String s, String name) {
     if (!s.isEmpty()) {
       row.put(name, s);
     }
   }
 
+  private static void addDBTag(Map<String, String> row, ResultSet rs, String name) {
+    String v = null;
+    try {
+      v = rs.getString(name);
+    } catch (Exception e) {}
+    if (v != null) {
+      row.put("estimated_" + name, v);
+    }
+  }
+
   public void addTags(long osm_id, Map<String, String> map) {
 
     if (map == null || !map.containsKey("highway")) {
@@ -194,6 +266,6 @@ public class DatabasePseudoTagProvider {
       pseudoTagsFound.put(key, cnt + 1L);
     }
   }
-  
-  
+
+
 }
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 26de826..60f58e0 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmCutter.java
@@ -113,7 +113,11 @@ public class OsmCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
   }
 
   public void setDbTagFilename(String filename) {
-    dbPseudoTagProvider = new DatabasePseudoTagProvider(filename);
+    dbPseudoTagProvider = new DatabasePseudoTagProvider(filename, null);
+  }
+
+  public void setDbTagDatabase(String jdbcurl) {
+    dbPseudoTagProvider = new DatabasePseudoTagProvider(null, jdbcurl);
   }
 
   @Override
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 cf843ca..fe67ee3 100644
--- a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapcreator/OsmFastCutter.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ 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 && 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> [db-tag-filename]";
+      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> [db-tag-filename | db-tag-jdbcurl]";
 
       System.out.println("usage: bzip2 -dc <map> | " + common);
       System.out.println("or   : " + common + " <inputfile> ");
@@ -37,10 +37,16 @@ public class OsmFastCutter extends MapCreatorBase {
     );
   }
 
-  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 dbTagFilename) 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 dbTagInfo) throws Exception {
     // **** run OsmCutter ****
     OsmCutter cutter = new OsmCutter();
-    if (dbTagFilename != null) cutter.setDbTagFilename(dbTagFilename);
+    if (dbTagInfo != null) {
+      if (dbTagInfo.toLowerCase().startsWith("jdbc")) {
+        cutter.setDbTagDatabase(dbTagInfo);
+      } else {
+        cutter.setDbTagFilename(dbTagInfo);
+      }
+    }
 
     // ... inject WayCutter
     cutter.wayCutter = new WayCutter();