Key:inscription

inscription
Description
Text which is written on an object. 
Group: Annotations
Used on these elements
Useful combination
  • openplaques:id=*
Status: de facto
More details at taginfo
Tools for this tag

The key inscription=* is used for the text of inscriptions on buildings, memorials, advertising signs and other objects.

Use

Inscription represents text physically found on the feature in the real world.

The spaced slash / may be used to represent  line breaks and the double // to  paragraph breaks. There is a limit of 255 characters for values.

Referencing other data services

To overcome the length limit, the inscription might be added to:

  • If this is feature has a Wikidata item (wikidata=*), it can be described there using inscription (Property:P1684), as the character limit is set at 1,500.
  • If it is a commemorative/historical plaque, you can also add the full inscription to openplaques.org and then link the entry with the OSM object, using openplaques:id=<ID number>.

Similar tags

  • inscription:url=* - URL where the inscription can be found on an external website; e.g. Wikisource (useful when the inscription is longer than the above limit).
  • description=* - Additional information about an element, containing text not extant in real world.
  • historic=epigraph, a proposal to map epigraphs (inscriptions) on their own (particularly useful to locate inscriptions on bigger objects and where there are several of them).

Possible tagging mistakes

  • memorial:text=*
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