Key:wall

wall
Description
Type of wall  
Group: Barriers
Used on these elements
Documented values: 11
Requires
Status: de facto

The tag wall=* provides more detailed information about the wall.

Values

The value should indicate the principle feature of the wall, which might be the type, purpose, or building material of the wall, as follows:

Key Value Description Tag Usage[1] Photo

Wall purpose

wall noise_barrier  Noise barrier - a wall which protects against noise on one of its sides
wall jersey_barrier  Jersey barrier. There's also the much more common (as of 2019-02) barrier=jersey_barrier.
wall seawall  Seawall - a wall built to protect land along the coast from erosion and flooding from the sea
wall flood_wall  Flood wall - a wall built to protect land from flooding along a river or lake
wall castle_wall  Castle curtain wall - also see barrier=city_wall

Construction material / method - also see material=*

wall dry_stone A  dry stone wall is constructed from stones without mortar to bind them together.
wall stone  stone wall - a wall constructed from stones. See also material=stone and wall=stone_wall
wall brick  brick - a wall constructed from bricks. See also material=brick
wall concrete Concrete wall, constructed from concrete poured in place, or as  precast concrete wall panels. See also material=concrete
wall concrete_block  Concrete block wall, constructed from cement concrete blocks and mortar - also see wall=cement_block
wall flint  Flint cobbled wall, may have brick courses and copings.
wall gabion  Gabion wall made from cages or boxes filled with stones, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil.
wall pise  Rammed earth wall made from compacted soil, chalk or clay.

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  • wall=Innenmauer ‒ Tag values should be in English.
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  1. Does not include uses in semi-colon value separated lists
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