Map features

OpenStreetMap represents physical features on the ground (e.g., roads or buildings) using tags attached to its basic data structures (its nodes, ways, and relations). Each tag describes a geographic attribute of the feature being shown by that specific node, way or relation.

OpenStreetMap's free tagging system allows the map to include an unlimited number of attributes describing each feature. The community agrees on certain key and value combinations for the most commonly used tags, which act as informal standards. However, users can create new tags to improve the style of the map or to support analyses that rely on previously unmapped attributes of the features. Short descriptions of tags that relate to particular topics or interests can be found using the feature pages.

Most features can be described using only a small number of tags, such as a path with a classification tag such as highway=footway, and perhaps also a name using name=*. But, since this is a worldwide, inclusive map, there can be many different feature types in OpenStreetMap, almost all of them described by tags.

There are proposed changes to existing tags, inactive features and deprecated features. If you do not find a suitable tag in this list then feel free to make something suitable up as long as the tag values will be verifiable. Over time, you may find that the tag name is changed to fit with some wider consensus. However, many good tags were used first and documented later. For the latest updates of tagging schemes see Changelog.

Primary features

Aerialway

This is used to tag different forms of transportation for people or goods by using aerial wires. For example these may include cable-cars, chair-lifts and drag-lifts. See the page Aerialway for more information on the usage of these tags.

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Aeroway

These are mainly related to aerodromes, airfields other ground facilities that support the operation of airplanes and helicopters. See the page Aeroways for an introduction on mapping these features.

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Amenity

Used to map facilities used by visitors and residents. For example: toilets, telephones, banks, pharmacies, cafes, parking and schools. See the page Amenities for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment	Carto rendering
Sustenance
amenity	bar	Bar is a purpose-built commercial establishment that sells alcoholic drinks to be consumed on the premises. They are characterised by a noisy and vibrant atmosphere, similar to a party and usually don't sell food. See also the description of the tags `amenity=pub;bar;restaurant` for a distinction between these.
amenity	biergarten	Biergarten or beer garden is an open-air area where alcoholic beverages along with food is prepared and served. See also the description of the tags `amenity=pub;bar;restaurant`. A biergarten can commonly be found attached to a beer hall, pub, bar, or restaurant. In this case, you can use `biergarten=yes` additional to `amenity=pub;bar;restaurant`.
amenity	cafe	Cafe is generally an informal place that offers casual meals and beverages; typically, the focus is on coffee or tea. Also known as a coffeehouse/shop, bistro or sidewalk cafe. The kind of food served may be mapped with the tags `cuisine=` and `diet:=*`. See also the tags `amenity=restaurant;bar;fast_food`.
amenity	fast_food	Fast food restaurant (see also `amenity=restaurant`). The kind of food served can be tagged with `cuisine=` and `diet:=*`.
amenity	food_court	An area with several different restaurant food counters and a shared eating area. Commonly found in malls, airports, etc.
amenity	ice_cream	Ice cream shop or ice cream parlour. A place that sells ice cream and frozen yoghurt over the counter
amenity	pub	A place selling beer and other alcoholic drinks; may also provide food or accommodation (UK). See description of `amenity=bar` and `amenity=pub` for distinction between bar and pub
amenity	restaurant	Restaurant (not fast food, see `amenity=fast_food`). The kind of food served can be tagged with `cuisine=` and `diet:=*`.
Education
amenity	college	Campus or buildings of an institute of Further Education (aka continuing education)
amenity	driving_school	Driving School which offers motor vehicle driving lessons
amenity	kindergarten	For children too young for a regular school (also known as preschool, playschool or nursery school), in some countries including afternoon supervision of primary school children.
amenity	language_school	Language School: an educational institution where one studies a foreign language.
amenity	library	A public library (municipal, university, …) to borrow books from.
amenity	toy_library	A place to borrow games and toys, or play with them on site.
amenity	research_institute	An establishment endowed for doing research.
amenity	training	Public place where you can get training.
amenity	music_school	A music school, an educational institution specialized in the study, training, and research of music.
amenity	school	School and grounds - primary, middle and seconday schools
amenity	traffic_park	Juvenile traffic schools
amenity	university	An university campus: an institute of higher education
Transportation
amenity	bicycle_parking	Parking for bicycles
amenity	bicycle_repair_station	General tools for self-service bicycle repairs, usually on the roadside; no service
amenity	bicycle_rental	Rent a bicycle
amenity	boat_rental	Rent a Boat
amenity	boat_sharing	Share a Boat
amenity	bus_station	May also be tagged as `public_transport=station`.
amenity	car_rental	Rent a car
amenity	car_sharing	Share a car
amenity	car_wash	Wash a car
amenity	compressed_air	A device to inflate tires/tyres (e.g. motorcar, bicycle)
amenity	vehicle_inspection	Government vehicle inspection
amenity	charging_station	Charging facility for electric vehicles
amenity	driver_training	A place for driving training on a closed course
amenity	ferry_terminal	Ferry terminal/stop. A place where people/cars/etc. can board and leave a ferry.
amenity	fuel	Petrol station; gas station; marine fuel; … Streets to petrol stations are often tagged `highway=service`.
amenity	grit_bin	A container that holds grit or a mixture of salt and grit.
amenity	motorcycle_parking	Parking for motorcycles
amenity	parking	Car park. Nodes and areas (without access tag) will get a parking symbol. Areas will be coloured. Streets on car parking are often tagged `highway=service` and `service=parking_aisle`.
amenity	parking_entrance	An entrance or exit to an underground or multi-storey parking facility. Group multiple parking entrances together with a relation using the tags `type=site` and `site=parking`. Do not mix with `amenity=parking`.	Underground Multi-storey
amenity	parking_space	A single parking space. Group multiple parking spaces together with a relation using the tags `type=site` and `site=parking`. Do not mix with `amenity=parking`.
amenity	taxi	A place where taxis wait for passengers.
Financial
amenity	atm	ATM or cash point: a device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions.
amenity	bank	Bank or credit union: a financial establishment where customers can deposit and withdraw money, take loans, make investments and transfer funds.
amenity	bureau_de_change	Bureau de change, money changer, currency exchange, Wechsel, cambio – a place to change foreign bank notes and travellers cheques.
Healthcare
amenity	baby_hatch	A place where a baby can be, out of necessity, anonymously left to be safely cared for and perhaps adopted.
amenity	clinic	A medium-sized medical facility or health centre.
amenity	dentist	A dentist practice / surgery.
amenity	doctors	A doctor's practice / surgery.
amenity	hospital	A hospital providing in-patient medical treatment. Often used in conjunction with `emergency=*` to note whether the medical centre has emergency facilities (A&E (brit.) or ER (am.))
amenity	nursing_home	Discouraged tag for a home for disabled or elderly persons who need permanent care. Use `amenity=social_facility` + `social_facility=nursing_home` now.
amenity	pharmacy	Pharmacy: a shop where a pharmacist sells medications `dispensing=yes/no` - availability of prescription-only medications
amenity	social_facility	A facility that provides social services: group & nursing homes, workshops for the disabled, homeless shelters, etc.
amenity	veterinary	A place where a veterinary surgeon, also known as a veterinarian or vet, practices.
Entertainment, Arts & Culture
amenity	arts_centre	A venue where a variety of arts are performed or conducted
amenity	brothel	An establishment specifically dedicated to prostitution
amenity	casino	A gambling venue with at least one table game(e.g. roulette, blackjack) that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.
amenity	cinema	A place where films are shown (US: movie theater)
amenity	community_centre	A place mostly used for local events, festivities and group activities; including special interest and special age groups. .
amenity	conference_centre	A large building that is used to hold a convention
amenity	events_venue	A building specifically used for organising events
amenity	exhibition_centre	An exhibition centre
amenity	fountain	A fountain for cultural / decorational / recreational purposes.
amenity	gambling	A place for gambling, not being a `shop=bookmaker`, `shop=lottery`, `amenity=casino`, or `leisure=adult_gaming_centre`. Games that are covered by this definition include bingo and pachinko.
amenity	love_hotel	A love hotel is a type of short-stay hotel operated primarily for the purpose of allowing guests privacy for sexual activities.
amenity	music_venue	An indoor place to hear contemporary live music.
amenity	nightclub	A place to drink and dance (nightclub). The German word is "Disco" or "Discothek". Please don't confuse this with the German "Nachtclub" which is most likely amenity=stripclub.
amenity	planetarium	A planetarium.
amenity	public_bookcase	A street furniture containing books. Take one or leave one.
amenity	social_centre	A place for free and not-for-profit activities.
amenity	stripclub	A place that offers striptease or lapdancing (for sexual services use amenity=brothel).
amenity	studio	TV radio or recording studio
amenity	swingerclub	A club where people meet to have a party and group sex.
amenity	theatre	A theatre or opera house where live performances occur, such as plays, musicals and formal concerts. Use `amenity=cinema` for movie theaters.
Public Service
amenity	courthouse	A building home to a court of law, where justice is dispensed
amenity	fire_station	A station of a fire brigade
amenity	police	A police station where police officers patrol from and that is a first point of contact for civilians
amenity	post_box	A box for the reception of mail. Alternative mail-carriers can be tagged via `operator=*`
amenity	post_depot	Post depot or delivery office, where letters and parcels are collected and sorted prior to delivery.
amenity	post_office	Post office building with postal services
amenity	prison	A prison or jail where people are incarcerated before trial or after conviction
amenity	ranger_station	National Park visitor headquarters: official park visitor facility with police, visitor information, permit services, etc
amenity	townhall	Building where the administration of a village, town or city may be located, or just a community meeting place
Facilities
amenity	bbq	BBQ or Barbecue is a permanently built grill for cooking food, which is most typically used outdoors by the public. For example these may be found in city parks or at beaches. Use the tag `fuel=` to specify the source of heating, such as `fuel=wood;electric;charcoal`. For mapping nearby table and chairs, see also the tag `tourism=picnic_site`. For mapping campfires* and firepits, instead use the tag `leisure=firepit`.
amenity	bench	A bench to sit down and relax a bit
amenity	dog_toilet	Area designated for dogs to urinate and excrete.
amenity	dressing_room	Area designated for changing clothes.
amenity	drinking_water	Drinking water is a place where humans can obtain potable water for consumption. Typically, the water is used for only drinking. Also known as a drinking fountain or bubbler.
amenity	give_box	A small facility where people drop off and pick up various types of items in the sense of free sharing and reuse.
amenity	mailroom	A mailroom for receiving packages or letters.
amenity	parcel_locker	Machine for picking up and sending parcels
amenity	shelter	A small shelter against bad weather conditions. To additionally describe the kind of shelter use `shelter_type=*`.
amenity	shower	Public shower.
amenity	telephone	Public telephone
amenity	toilets	Public toilets (might require a fee)
amenity	water_point	Place where you can get large amounts of drinking water
amenity	watering_place	Place where water is contained and animals can drink
Waste Management
amenity	sanitary_dump_station	A place for depositing human waste from a toilet holding tank.
amenity	recycling	Recycling facilities (bottle banks, etc.). Combine with `recycling_type=container` for containers or `recycling_type=centre` for recycling centres.
amenity	waste_basket	A single small container for depositing garbage that is easily accessible for pedestrians.
amenity	waste_disposal	A medium or large disposal bin, typically for bagged up household or industrial waste.
amenity	waste_transfer_station	A waste transfer station is a location that accepts, consolidates and transfers waste in bulk.
Others
amenity	animal_boarding	A facility where you, paying a fee, can bring your animal for a limited period of time (e.g. for holidays)
amenity	animal_breeding	A facility where animals are bred, usually to sell them
amenity	animal_shelter	A shelter that recovers animals in trouble
amenity	animal_training	A facility used for non-competitive animal training
amenity	baking_oven	An oven used for baking bread and similar, for example inside a `building=bakehouse`.
amenity	childcare	A place where children of different ages are looked after which is not an `amenity=kindergarten` or preschool.
amenity	clock	A public visible clock
amenity	crematorium	A place where dead human bodies are burnt
amenity	dive_centre	A dive center is the base location where sports divers usually start scuba diving or make dive guided trips at new locations.
amenity	funeral_hall	A place for holding a funeral ceremony, other than a place of worship.
amenity	grave_yard	A (smaller) place of burial, often you'll find a church nearby. Large places should be `landuse=cemetery` instead.
amenity	hunting_stand	A hunting stand: an open or enclosed platform used by hunters to place themselves at an elevated height above the terrain
amenity	internet_cafe	A place whose principal role is providing internet services to the public.
amenity	kitchen	A public kitchen in a facility to use by everyone or customers
amenity	kneipp_water_cure	Outdoor foot bath facility. Usually this is a pool with cold water and handrail. Popular in German speaking countries.
amenity	lounger	An object for people to lie down.
amenity	marketplace	A marketplace where goods and services are traded daily or weekly.
amenity	monastery	Monastery is the location of a monastery or a building in which monks and nuns live.
amenity	photo_booth	A stand to create instant photos.
amenity	place_of_mourning	A room or building where families and friends can come, before the funeral, and view the body of the person who has died.
amenity	place_of_worship	A church, mosque, or temple, etc. Note that you also need `religion=`, usually `denomination=` and preferably `name=*` as well as `amenity=place_of_worship`. See the article for details.
amenity	public_bath	A location where the public may bathe in common, etc. japanese onsen, turkish bath, hot spring
~~amenity~~	~~public_building~~	A generic public building. Don't use! See `office=government`.
amenity	refugee_site	A human settlement sheltering refugees or internally displaced persons
amenity	vending_machine	A machine selling goods – food, tickets, newspapers, etc. Add type of goods using `vending=*`
amenity	user defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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Barrier

These are used to describe barriers and obstacles that are usually involved by traveling. See the page Barriers for an introduction on its usage.

Linear barriers

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Access control on highways

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Boundary

These are used to describe administrative and other boundaries. See the page Boundaries for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
Boundary types
boundary	aboriginal_lands	A boundary representing official reservation boundaries of recognized aboriginal / indigenous / native peoples.
boundary	administrative	An administrative boundary. Subdivisions of areas/territories/jurisdictions recognised by governments or other organisations for administrative purposes. These range from large groups of nation states right down to small administrative districts and suburbs, as indicated by the '`admin_level=*`' combo tag.
boundary	border_zone	A border zone is an area near the border where special restrictions on movement apply. Usually a permit is required for visiting.
boundary	forest	A delimited forest is a land which is predominantly wooded and which is, for this reason, given defined boundaries. It may cover different tree stands, non-wooded areas, highways… but all the area within the boundaries are considered and managed as a single forest.
boundary	forest_compartment	A forest compartment is a numbered sub-division within a delimited forest, physically materialized with visible, typically cleared, boundaries.
boundary	hazard	A designated hazardous area, with a potential source of damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value.
boundary	maritime	Maritime boundaries which are not administrative boundaries: the Baseline, Contiguous Zone and EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).
boundary	marker	A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. See also `historic=boundary_stone`
boundary	national_park	Area of outstanding natural beauty, set aside for conservation and for recreation (Other languages).
boundary	place	`boundary=place` is commonly used to map the boundaries of a `place=*`, when these boundaries can be defined but these are not administrative boundaries.
boundary	political	Electoral boundaries
boundary	postal_code	Postal code boundaries
boundary	protected_area	Protected areas, such as for national parks, marine protection areas, heritage sites, wilderness, cultural assets and similar.
boundary	special_economic_zone	A government-defined area in which business and trade laws are different.
boundary	disputed	An area of landed claimed by two or more parties (use with caution). See also Disputed territories.
boundary	user defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo
Attributes
admin_level	(number)	Applies to `boundary=administrative` and is usually in the range 1 to 10, except for several countries (Bolivia, Germany, Mozambique, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Turkmenistan, Venezuela) where it is in the range 1 to 11 – see boundary.
border_type	*	To distinguish between types of boundary where admin_level isn't enough. Used in several different ways e.g in maritime contexts.
start_date	(date)	Useful if the boundary is very recent (or if it will become effective in a near future).

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Building

This is used to identify individual buildings or groups of connected buildings. See the page Buildings for further details on the usage of this tag and man_made=* for tagging of various other structures. The building tags are intended for the physical description of a building: for functions in the building (e.g. police station, church, townhall, museum) you should add additional tags like amenity=*, tourism=*, shop=* etc.

For example mapping building=supermarket is not enough to mark place as having an active supermarket shop, it just marks that building has form typical for supermarket buildings. shop=supermarket must be mapped to indicate an active supermarket shop. On the other hand shop=*/amenity=* is not indicating building by itself, building must be mapped with building=* tag.

Key	Value	Comment
Accommodation
building	apartments	A building arranged into individual dwellings, often on separate floors. May also have retail outlets on the ground floor.
building	barracks	Buildings built to house military personnel or laborers.
building	bungalow	A single-storey detached small house, Dacha.
building	cabin	A cabin is a small, roughly built house usually with a wood exterior and typically found in rural areas.
building	detached	A detached house, a free-standing residential building usually housing a single family.
building	dormitory	A shared building intended for college/university students (not a share room for multiple occupants as implied by the term in British English). Alternatively, use building=residential plus `residential=university` and loose the information that it is for students.
building	farm	A residential building on a farm (farmhouse). For other buildings see below `building=farm_auxiliary`, `building=barn`, … If in your country farmhouse looks same as general residential house then you can tag as `building=house` as well. See also `landuse=farmyard` for the surrounding area
building	ger	A permanent or seasonal round yurt or ger.
building	hotel	A building designed with separate rooms available for overnight accommodation. Normally used in conjunction with `tourism=hotel` for the hotel grounds including recreation areas and parking.
building	house	A dwelling unit inhabited by a single household (a family or small group sharing facilities such as a kitchen). Houses forming half of a semi-detached pair, or one of a row of terraced houses, should share at least two nodes with joined neighbours, thereby defining the party wall between the properties.
building	houseboat	A boat used primarily as a home
building	residential	A general tag for a building used primarily for residential purposes. Where additional detail is available consider using 'apartments', 'terrace', 'house', 'detached' or 'semidetached_house'.
building	semidetached_house	A residential house that shares a common wall with another on one side. Typically called a "duplex" in American English.
building	static_caravan	A mobile home (semi)permanently left on a single site
building	stilt_house	A building raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water
building	terrace	A single way used to define the outline of a linear row of residential dwellings, each of which normally has its own entrance, which form a terrace ("row-house" or "townhouse" in North American English). Consider defining each dwelling separately using 'house'.
building	tree_house	An accommodation, often designed as a small hut, sometimes also as a room or small apartment. Built on tree posts or on a natural tree. A tree house has no contact with the ground. Access via ladders, stairs or bridgeways.
Commercial
building	commercial	A building for non-specific commercial activities, not necessarily an office building. Consider tagging the surrounding area using `landuse=commercial` if there is such use. Use 'retail' if the building consists primarily of shops.
building	industrial	A building for industrial purposes. Use warehouse if the purpose is known to be primarily for storage/distribution. Consider using `landuse=industrial` for the surrounding area and appropriate tags like `man_made=works` to describe the industrial activity.
building	kiosk	A small one-room retail building.
building	office	An office building. Use `office=*` where applicable for the business(es) that use the building. Consider tagging the surrounding area using `landuse=commercial` if it applies. Prefer `landuse=retail` if the building consists primarily of shops.
building	retail	A building primarily used for selling goods that are sold to the public; use `shop=` to identify the sort of goods sold or an appropriate `amenity=` (pub, cafe, restaurant, etc.). Consider use `landuse=retail` for the surrounding area.
building	supermarket	A building constructed to house a self-service large-area store.
building	warehouse	A building primarily intended for the storage or goods or as part of a distribution system.
Religious
building	cathedral	A building that was built as a cathedral. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the cathedral grounds where it is in current use.
building	chapel	A building that was built as a chapel. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the chapel grounds where it is in current use.
building	church	A building that was built as a church. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=` , `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the church grounds where it is in current use.
building	kingdom_hall	A building that was built as a Kingdom Hall. Often used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=christian`, `denomination=jehovahs_witness` and `landuse=religious` for the grounds where it is in current use.
building	monastery	A building constructed as monastery. Often, monasteries consist of several distinct buildings with specific functions. For active monasteries (communities), use `amenity=monastery`, for the grounds of a former monastery, have a look at `historic=monastery`
building	mosque	A building errected as mosque. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the grounds where it is in current use.
building	presbytery	A building where priests live and work.
building	religious	Unspecific building related to religion. Prefer more specific values if possible.
building	shrine	A building that was built as a shrine. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the grounds where it is in current use. Small structures should consider `historic=wayside_shrine`.
building	synagogue	A building that was built as a synagogue. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the grounds where it is in current use.
building	temple	A building that was built as a temple. Used in conjunction with `amenity=place_of_worship`, `religion=`, `denomination=` and `landuse=religious` for the grounds where it is in current use.
Civic/amenity
building	bakehouse	A building that was built as a bakehouse (i.e. for baking bread). Often used in conjunction with another node `amenity=baking_oven` and `oven=wood_fired`.
building	bridge	A building used as a bridge (skyway). To map a gatehouse use `building=gatehouse`. See also `bridge=yes` for `highway=`. Don't use this tag just for marking bridges (their outlines). For such purposes use `man_made=bridge`*.
building	civic	A generic tag for a building created to house some civic amenity, for example `amenity=community_centre`, `amenity=library`, `amenity=toilets`, `leisure=sports_centre`, `leisure=swimming_pool`, `amenity=townhall` etc. Use `amenity=` or `leisure=` etc. to provide further details. See `building=public` and more specific tags like `building=library` as well.
building	college	A college building. Use `amenity=college` on the whole college area to represent the college as an institution.
building	fire_station	A building constructed as fire station, i.e. to house fire fighting equipment and officers, regardless of current use. Add `amenity=fire_station` on the grounds for an active fire station.
building	government	For government buildings in general, including municipal, provincial and divisional secretaries, government agencies and departments, town halls, (regional) parliaments and court houses.
building	gatehouse	An entry control point building, spanning over a highway that enters a city or compound.
building	hospital	A building errected for a hospital. Use `amenity=hospital` for the hospital grounds.
building	kindergarten	For any generic kindergarten buildings. Buildings for specific uses (sports halls etc.) should be tagged for their purpose. If there is currently a kindergarten in the building, use `amenity=kindergarten` on the perimeter of the kindergarten grounds.
building	public	A building constructed as accessible to the general public (a town hall, police station, court house, etc.).
building	school	A building errected as school. Buildings for specific uses (sports halls etc.) should be tagged for their purpose. If there is currently a school, use `amenity=school` on the perimeter of the school grounds.
building	toilets	A toilet block.
building	train_station	A building constructed to be a train station building, including buildings that are abandoned and used nowadays for a different purpose.
building	transportation	A building related to public transport. You will probably want to tag it with proper transport related tag as well, such as `public_transport=station`. Note that there is a special tag for train station buildings - `building=train_station`.
building	university	A university building. Use `amenity=university` for the university as an institution.
Agricultural/plant production
building	barn	An agricultural building that can be used for storage and as a covered workplace.
building	conservatory	A building or room having glass or tarpaulin roofing and walls used as an indoor garden or a sunroom (winter garden).
building	cowshed	A cowshed (cow barn, cow house) is a building for housing cows, usually found on farms.
building	farm_auxiliary	A building on a farm that is not a dwelling (use 'farm' or 'house' for the farm house).
building	greenhouse	A greenhouse is a glass or plastic covered building used to grow plants. Use `landuse=greenhouse_horticulture` for an area containing multiple greenhouses
building	slurry_tank	A circular building built to hold a liquid mix of primarily animal excreta (also known as slurry).
building	stable	A building constructed as a stable for horses.
building	sty	A sty (pigsty, pig ark, pig-shed) is a building for raising domestic pigs, usually found on farms.
Sports
building	grandstand	The main stand, usually roofed, commanding the best view for spectators at racecourses or sports grounds.
building	pavilion	A sports pavilion usually with changing rooms, storage areas and possibly an space for functions & events. Avoid using this term for other structures called pavilions by architects (see Pavilion)
building	riding_hall	A building that was built as a riding hall.
building	sports_hall	A building that was built as a sports hall.
building	stadium	A building constructed to be a stadium building, including buildings that are abandoned and used nowadays for a different purpose.
Storage
building	hangar	A hangar is a building used for the storage of airplanes, helicopters or space-craft. Consider adding `aeroway=hangar`, when appropriate.
building	hut	A hut is a small and crude shelter. Note that this word has two meanings - it may be synonym of `building=shed`, it may be a residential building of low quality.
building	shed	A shed is a simple, single-storey structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop.
Cars
building	carport	A carport is a covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from the elements. Unlike most structures a carport does not have four walls, and usually has one or two.
building	garage	A garage is a building suitable for the storage of one or possibly more motor vehicle or similar. See `building=garages` for larger shared buildings. For an aircraft garage, see `building=hangar`.
building	garages	A building that consists of a number of discrete storage spaces for different owners/tenants. See also `building=garage`.
building	parking	Structure purpose-built for parking cars.
Power/technical buildings
building	digester	A digester is a bioreactor for the production of biogas from biomass.
building	service	Service building usually is a small unmanned building with certain machinery (like pumps or transformers).
building	transformer_tower	A transformer tower is a characteristic tall building comprising a distribution transformer and constructed to connect directly to a medium voltage overhead power line. Quite often the power line has since been undergrounded but the building may still serve as a substation. If the building is still in use as a substation it should additionally be tagged as `power=substation` + `substation=minor_distribution`.
building	water_tower	A water tower
building	storage_tank	Storage tanks are containers that hold liquids
building	silo	A silo is a building for storing bulk materials
Other buildings
building	beach_hut	A small, usually wooden, and often brightly coloured cabin or shelter above the high tide mark on popular bathing beaches.
building	bunker	A hardened military building. Also use `military=bunker`.
building	castle	A building constructed as a castle. Can be further specified with `historic=castle` + `castle_type=*`.
building	construction	Used for buildings under construction. Use `construction=*` to hold the value for the completed building.
building	container	For a container used as a permanent building. Do not map containers placed temporarily, for example used in shipping or construction.
building	dog_house	Dog house. Shelter for a dog in house yard or other places
building	military	A military building. Also use `military=*`.
building	roof	A structure that consists of a roof with open sides, such as a rain shelter, and also gas stations
building	ruins	Frequently used for a house or other building that is abandoned and in poor repair. However, some believe this usage is incorrect, and the tag should only be used for buildings constructed as fake ruins (for example sham ruins in an English landscape garden). See also lifecycle tagging.
building	tent	For a permanently placed tent. Do not map tents placed temporarily.
building	yes	Use this value where it is not possible to determine a more specific value.
building	user defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo, generally building types

Additional attributes

Key	Value	Comment
building:colour	<RGB hex triplet> \| <W3C colour name>	Indicates colour of the building
building:fireproof	yes \| no	Fire-resistance information.
building:flats	<number>	The number of residential units (flats, apartments) in an apartment building (building=apartments), residential building (building=residential), house (building=house), detached house (building=detached) or similar building.
building:levels	<number>	The number of visible levels (floors) in the building as used in the Simple 3D buildings scheme
building:material	<material type>	Outer material for the building façade
building:min_level	<number>	For describing number of values, "filling" space between ground level and bottom level of building or part of building
building:part	As building	To mark a part of a building, which has attributes, different from such ones at other parts
building:soft_storey	yes \| no \| reinforced	A building where any one level is significantly more flexible (less stiff) than those above and below it
entrance	yes \| main \| exit \| service \| emergency	An entrance in a building. Replaces the deprecated tag `building=entrance`.
height	<number>	The height of the building in meters.
max_level	<number>	Maximum indoor level (floor) in the building as used in the Simple Indoor Tagging scheme
min_level	<number>	Minimum indoor level (floor) in the building as used in the Simple Indoor Tagging scheme
[[ Too many Data Items entities accessed. \| non_existent_levels ]]	<number>	List of indoor levels (floors) that do not exists in the building as used in the Simple Indoor Tagging scheme
start_date	<date>	The (approximated) date when the building was finished.

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Craft

This is used as a place that produces or processes customised goods. See the page Crafts for more information on the usage of these tags.

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Emergency

This is used to describe the location of emergency facilities and equipment. See the page Emergency for an introduction on its usage.

Medical rescue

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Firefighters

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Lifeguards

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Assembly point

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Other structure

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Geological

This is used to describe the geological makeup of an area. See the page Geological for an introduction on its usage.

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Healthcare

Healthcare features

Also see Map features#Healthcare which includes healthcare features under amenity=*. There is a full list of healthcare features at Healthcare.

See additional details at Key:healthcare such as healthcare:speciality=* and healthcare:counselling=*.

Value	Description
`healthcare=alternative`	Someone practising alternative or complementary medicine but is not a medical practitioner or a place where alternative or complementary medicine is practices that does not fit into the other categories (except `healthcare=yes`)
`healthcare=audiologist`	Audiologist; if linked with a shop please use `shop=hearing_aids` instead
`healthcare=birthing_centre`	A non-clinical birthing centre operated by midwives.
`healthcare=blood_bank`	Blood bank
`healthcare=blood_donation`	A facility where you can donate blood, plasma and/or platelets, and possibly have stem cell samples taken.
`healthcare=counselling`	Healthcare counselling, e.g. an addiction centre, a nutritionist, or a sex therapist. Also see `healthcare=nutrition_counselling`
`healthcare=dialysis`	A clinic for day patients to get a haemodialysis Dialysis
`healthcare=hospice`	A Hospice which provides palliative care to terminal ill people and support to their relatives.
`healthcare=laboratory`	Medical laboratory also called (analytical, diagnostic) is a place that analyses body fluids such as blood, urine, faeces etc .
`healthcare=midwife`	A Midwife, a health professional who cares for mothers and newborns around childbirth.
`healthcare=nurse`	Nursing. A facility where some nurses may receive their patients.
`healthcare=occupational_therapist`	Someone who practices occupational therapy but is not a medical practitioner.
`healthcare=optometrist`	Optometrist; If linked with a shop please use `shop=optician` instead.
`healthcare=physiotherapist`	Someone who practices physical therapy (or kinesiotherapy in French-speaking countries) but is not a medical practitioner.
`healthcare=podiatrist`	Someone who practices podiatry but is not a Physician on Wikipedia.
`healthcare=psychotherapist`	Someone who practices psychotherapy but is not a Physician on Wikipedia.
`healthcare=rehabilitation`	Medical rehabilitation facility; should not be used for a wellness clinic or hotel.
`healthcare=sample_collection`	Site or dedicated healthcare facility where samples of blood/urine/etc are obtained or collected for purpose of analysing them for healthcare diagnostics.
`healthcare=speech_therapist`	Someone who practices speech and language therapy.
`healthcare=vaccination_centre`	a healthcare facility specifically dedicated to administering vaccinations to individuals, to provide immunisation against infectious diseases.

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Highway

This is used to describe roads and footpaths. For an introduction on its usage see the page titled Highways. See the page titled Restrictions for an introduction on access limitations by vehicles type, time, day, load and purpose, etc.

Key	Value	Comment	Rendering carto
Roads
These are the principal tags for the road network. They range from the most to least important.
highway	motorway	A restricted access major divided highway, normally with 2 or more running lanes plus emergency hard shoulder. Equivalent to the Freeway, Autobahn, etc..
highway	trunk	The most important roads in a country's system that aren't motorways. (Need not necessarily be a divided highway.)
highway	primary	The next most important roads in a country's system. (Often link larger towns.)
highway	secondary	The next most important roads in a country's system. (Often link towns.)
highway	tertiary	The next most important roads in a country's system. (Often link smaller towns and villages)
highway	unclassified	The least important through roads in a country's system – i.e. minor roads of a lower classification than tertiary, but which serve a purpose other than access to properties. (Often link villages and hamlets.) The word 'unclassified' is a historical artefact of the UK road system and does not mean that the classification is unknown; you can use `highway=road` for that.
highway	residential	Roads which serve as an access to housing, without function of connecting settlements. Often lined with housing.
Link roads
highway	motorway_link	The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a motorway from/to a motorway or lower class highway. Normally with the same motorway restrictions.
highway	trunk_link	The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a trunk road from/to a trunk road or lower class highway.
highway	primary_link	The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a primary road from/to a primary road or lower class highway.
highway	secondary_link	The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a secondary road from/to a secondary road or lower class highway.
highway	tertiary_link	The link roads (sliproads/ramps) leading to/from a tertiary road from/to a tertiary road or lower class highway.
Special road types
highway	living_street	For living streets, which are residential streets where pedestrians have legal priority over cars, speeds are kept very low and where children are allowed to play on the street.
highway	service	For access roads to, or within an industrial estate, camp site, business park, car park, alleys, etc. Can be used in conjunction with `service=` to indicate the type of usage and with `access=` to indicate who can use it and in what circumstances.
highway	pedestrian	For roads used mainly/exclusively for pedestrians in shopping and some residential areas which may allow access by motorised vehicles only for very limited periods of the day. To create a 'square' or 'plaza' create a closed way and tag as pedestrian and also with `area=yes`.
highway	track	Roads for mostly agricultural or forestry uses. To describe the quality of a track, see `tracktype=*`. Note: Although `track`s are often rough with unpaved surfaces, this tag is not describing the quality of a road but its use. Consequently, if you want to tag a general use road, use one of the general `highway` values instead of `track`.
highway	bus_guideway	A busway where the vehicle guided by the way (though not a railway) and is not suitable for other traffic. Please note: this is not a normal bus lane, use `access=no`, `psv=yes` instead!
highway	escape	For runaway truck ramps, runaway truck lanes, emergency escape ramps, or truck arrester beds. It enables vehicles with braking failure to safely stop.
highway	raceway	A course or track for (motor) racing
highway	road	A road/way/street/motorway/etc. of unknown type. It can stand for anything ranging from a footpath to a motorway. This tag should only be used temporarily until the road/way/etc. has been properly surveyed. If you do know the road type, do not use this value, instead use one of the more specific `highway=*` values.
highway	busway	A dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit systems
Paths
highway	footway	For designated footpaths; i.e., mainly/exclusively for pedestrians. This includes walking tracks and gravel paths. If bicycles are allowed as well, you can indicate this by adding a `bicycle=yes` tag. Should not be used for paths where the primary or intended usage is unknown. Use `highway=pedestrian` for pedestrianised roads in shopping or residential areas and `highway=track` if it is usable by agricultural or similar vehicles. For ramps (sloped paths without steps), combine this tag with `incline=*`.
highway	bridleway	For horse riders. Pedestrians are usually also permitted, cyclists may be permitted depending on local rules/laws. Motor vehicles are forbidden.
highway	steps	For flights of steps (stairs) on footways. Use with `step_count=*` to indicate the number of steps
highway	corridor	For a hallway inside of a building.
highway	path	A non-specific path. Use `highway=footway` for paths mainly for walkers, `highway=cycleway` for one also usable by cyclists, `highway=bridleway` for ones available to horse riders as well as walkers and `highway=track` for ones which is passable by agriculture or similar vehicles.
highway	via_ferrata	A via ferrata is a route equipped with fixed cables, stemples, ladders, and bridges in order to increase ease and security for climbers. These via ferrata require equipment : climbing harness, shock absorber and two short lengths of rope, but do not require a long rope as for climbing.	not rendered in OSM-Carto
When sidewalk/crosswalk is tagged as a separate way
footway	sidewalk	Sidewalk that runs typically along residential road. Use in combination with `highway=footway` or `highway=path`
footway	crossing	Crosswalk that connects two sidewalks on the opposite side of the road. Often recognized by painted markings on the road, road sign or traffic lights. Use in combination with `highway=footway` or `highway=path`. Useful information is presence of `tactile_paving=`, `wheelchair=` suitability and `kerb=*` represented as a node on the crosswalk way.
When sidewalk (or pavement) is tagged on the main roadway (see Sidewalks)
sidewalk	both \| left \| right \| no	Specifies that the highways has sidewalks on both sides, on one side or no sidewalk at all
When cycleway is drawn as its own way (see Bicycle)
highway	cycleway	For designated cycleways. Add `foot=*`, though it may be avoided if default-access-restrictions do apply.
Cycleway tagged on the main roadway or lane (see Bicycle)
cycleway	lane	A lane is a route that lies within the roadway
cycleway	opposite	Used on ways with `oneway=yes` where it is legally permitted to cycle in both directions. Used together with `oneway:bicycle=no`.
cycleway	opposite_lane	Used on ways with `oneway=yes` that have a cycling lane going the opposite direction of normal traffic flow (a "contraflow" lane). Used together with `oneway:bicycle=no`.
cycleway	track	A track provides a route that is separated from traffic. In the United States, this term is often used to refer to bike lanes that are separated from lanes for cars by pavement buffers, bollards, parking lanes, and curbs. Note that a cycle track may alternatively be drawn as a separate way next to the road which is tagged as `highway=cycleway`.
cycleway	opposite_track	Used on ways with `oneway=yes` that have a cycling track going the opposite direction of normal traffic flow. Used together with `oneway:bicycle=no`.
cycleway	share_busway	There is a bus lane that cyclists are permitted to use.
cycleway	opposite_share_busway	Used on ways with `oneway=yes` that have a bus lane that cyclists are also permitted to use, and which go in the opposite direction to normal traffic flow (a "contraflow" bus lane). Used together with `oneway:bicycle=no`.
cycleway	shared_lane	Cyclists share a lane with motor vehicles, but there are markings indicating that they should share the lane with motorists. In some places these markings are known as "sharrows" ('sharing arrows') and this is the tag to use for those.
busway	lane	Bus lane on both sides of the road. (See also: Parallel scheme for bus/psv lane tagging `lanes:bus=` / `lanes:psv=`)
Street parking tagged on the main roadway (see Street parking)
parking `:left / :right / :both` (hereafter: `parking:side`)	lane \| street_side \| on_kerb \| half_on_kerb \| shoulder \| no \| separate \| yes	Primary key to record parking along the street. Desribes the parking position of parked vehicles in the street.
`parking:sideorientation=*`	parallel \| diagonal \| perpendicular	To specify the orientation of parked vehicles if there is street parking.
Lifecycle (see also lifecycle prefixes)
highway	proposed	For planned roads, use with `proposed=*` and a value of the proposed highway value.
highway	construction	For roads under construction. Use `construction=*` to hold the value for the completed road.	different colours
Attributes
abutters	commercial \| industrial \| mixed \| residential \| retail etc.	See Key:abutters for more details.
bicycle_road	yes	A bicycle road is a road designated for bicycles. If residential streets get the status of bicycle roads, normally, by special signs, motor traffic is admitted with limited speed, often only for residents.
bus_bay	both \| left \| right	A bus bay outside the main carriageway for boarding/alighting
change	yes \| no \| not_right \| not_left \| only_right \| only_left	Specify the allowed/forbidden lane changes
destination	<place name of destination>	Destination when following a linear feature
embankment	yes \| dyke	A dyke or a raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area.
embedded_rails	yes \| <type of railway>	A highway on which non-railway traffic is also allowed has railway tracks embedded in it but the rails are mapped as separate ways.
ford	yes	The road crosses through stream or river, vehicles must enter any water.
ice_road	yes	A highway is laid upon frozen water basin, definitely doesn't exist in summer.
incline	Number % \| ° \| up \| down	Incline steepness as percents ("5%") or degrees ("20°"). Positive/negative values indicate movement upward/downwards in the direction of the way.
junction	roundabout	This automatically implies `oneway=yes`, the oneway direction is defined by the sequential ordering of nodes within the Way. This applies on a way, tagged with `highway=*` already.
lanes	<number>	The number of traffic lanes for general purpose traffic, also for buses and other specific classes of vehicle.
lit	yes \| no	Street lighting
maxspeed	<number>	Specifies the maximum legal speed limit on a road, railway or waterway.
motorroad	yes \| no	The motorroad tag is used to describe highways that have motorway-like access restrictions but that are not a motorway.
mountain_pass	yes	The highest point of a mountain pass.
mtb:scale	0-6	Applies to `highway=path` and `highway=track`. A classification scheme for mtb trails (few inclination and downhill).
mtb:scale :uphill	0-5	A classification scheme for mtb trails for going uphill if there is significant inclination.
mtb:scale :imba	0-4	The IMBA Trail Difficulty Rating System shall be used for bikeparks. It is adapted to mtb trails with artificial obstacles.
mtb:description	Text	Applies to `highway=path` and `highway=track`. A key to input variable infos related to mtbiking on a way with human words
oneway	yes \| no \| reversible	Oneway streets are streets where you are only allowed to drive in one direction.
overtaking	yes \| no \| caution \| both \| forward \| backward	Specifying sections of roads where overtaking is legally forbidden. Use `overtaking:forward=yes/no/caution` and `overtaking:backward=yes/no/caution` when it depends on driving direction.
~~parking:lane~~	parallel \| diagonal \| perpendicular \| marked \| no_parking \| no_stopping \| fire_lane.	Deprecated variant to map parking along streets. See section on street parking above or the street parking page for more details.
~~parking:condition~~	free \| ticket \| disc \| residents \| customers \| private	Deprecated variant to map parking conditions along streets. See section on street parking above or the street parking page for more details.
passing_places	yes	A way which has frequent passing places (See also: `highway=passing_place`)
priority	forward \| backward	Traffic priority for narrow parts of roads, e.g. narrow bridges.
priority_road	designated \| yes_unposted \| end	Specifying roads signposted as priority roads.
sac_scale	hiking \| mountain_hiking \| demanding_mountain_hiking \| alpine_hiking \| demanding_alpine_hiking \| difficult_alpine_hiking	Applies to `highway=path` and `highway=footway`. A classification scheme for hiking trails.
service	alley \| driveway \| parking_aisle etc.	See Key:service for more details.
smoothness	excellent \| good \| intermediate \| bad \| very_bad \| horrible \| very_horrible \| impassable	See Key:smoothness for more details.
surface	paved \| unpaved \| asphalt \| concrete \| paving_stones \| sett \| cobblestone \| metal \| wood \| compacted \| fine_gravel \| gravel \| pebblestone \| plastic \| grass_paver \| grass \| dirt \| earth \| mud \| sand \| ground	See Key:surface for more details.
tactile_paving	yes \| no	A paving in the ground to be followed with a blindman's stick.	Not to be rendered on standard maps.
tracktype	grade1 \| grade2 \| grade3 \| grade4 \| grade5	To describe the quality of the surface. See Key:tracktype for more information.
traffic_calming	bump \| hump \| table \| island \| cushion \| yes \| etc.	See Key:traffic calming for more details.
trail_visibility	excellent \| good \| intermediate \| bad \| horrible \| no	Applies to `highway=path`, `highway=footway`, `highway=cycleway` and `highway=bridleway`. A classification for hiking trails visibility
trailblazed	yes \| no \| poles \| cairns \| symbols	Applies to `highway=*`. Describing trail blazing and marking. See Key:trailblazed for more information.
trailblazed:visibility	excellent \| good \| intermediate \| bad \| horrible \| no	Applies to `trailblazed=*`. A classification for visibility of trailblazing. See Key:trailblazed:visibility for more information.
turn	left \| slight_left \| through \| right \| slight_right \| merge_to_left \| merge_to_right \| reverse	The key turn can be used to specify the direction in which a way or a lane will lead.
width	<number>	The width of a feature.
winter_road	yes	A highway functions during winter, probably can't be driven in summer.
Other highway features
highway	bus_stop	A small bus stop. Optionally one may also use `public_transport=stop_position` for the position where the vehicle stops and `public_transport=platform` for the place where passengers wait.
highway	crossing	A.k.a. crosswalk. Pedestrians can cross a street here; e.g., zebra crossing
highway	elevator	An elevator or lift, used to travel vertically, providing passenger and freight access between pathways at different floor levels.
highway	emergency_bay	An area beside a highway where you can safely stop your car in case of breakdown or emergency.
highway	emergency_access_point	Sign number which can be used to define your current position in case of an emergency. Use with `ref=NUMBER_ON_THE_SIGN`. See also `emergency=access_point`
highway	give_way	A "give way," or "Yield" sign
emergency	phone	A calling device can be used to tell on your current position in case of an emergency. Use with `ref=NUMBER_ON_THE_SIGN`
highway	milestone	Highway location marker
highway	mini_roundabout	Similar to roundabouts, but at the center there is either a painted circle or a fully traversable island. In case of an untraversable center island, `junction=roundabout` should be used. Rendered as anti-clockwise by default `direction=anticlockwise`. To render clockwise add the tag `direction=clockwise`.
highway	motorway_junction	Indicates a junction (UK) or exit (US). `ref=*` should be set to the exit number or junction identifier. (Some roads – e.g., the A14 – also carry junction numbers, so the tag may be encountered elsewhere despite its name)
highway	passing_place	The location of a passing space
highway	platform	A platform at a bus stop or station.
highway	rest_area	Place where drivers can leave the road to rest, but not refuel.
highway	services	A service station to get food and eat something, often found at motorways
highway	speed_camera	A fixed road-side or overhead speed camera.
highway	stop	A stop sign
highway	street_lamp	A street light, lamppost, street lamp, light standard, or lamp standard is a raised source of light on the edge of a road, which is turned on or lit at a certain time every night
highway	toll_gantry	A toll gantry is a gantry suspended over a way, usually a motorway, as part of a system of electronic toll collection. For a toll booth with any kind of barrier or booth see: `barrier=toll_booth`
highway	traffic_mirror	Mirror that reflects the traffic on one road when direct view is blocked.
highway	traffic_signals	Lights that control the traffic
highway	trailhead	Designated place to start on a trail or route
highway	turning_circle	A turning circle is a rounded, widened area usually, but not necessarily, at the end of a road to facilitate easier turning of a vehicle. Also known as a cul de sac.
highway	turning_loop	A widened area of a highway with a non-traversable island for turning around, often circular and at the end of a road.
highway	User Defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo

Historic

This is used to describe various historic places. For example: archaeological sites, wrecks, ruins, castles and ancient buildings. See the page titled Historic for an introduction on its usage.

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Landuse

This is used to describe the purpose for which an area of land is being used. See the page Landuse for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Element	Description	Rendering	Photo
Common landuse key values - developed land
landuse	commercial		Predominantly commercial businesses and their offices. Commercial businesses which sell goods should be categorised as `landuse=retail`. Commercial businesses can sell services on site and may include private Doctor's Surgeries, and those non-government services for mental and physical health, such as a Counselor's or Physiotherapist's practice or Veterinary. Commercial businesses can also include office buildings and business parks which have limited interface with the public and sell their services either on site, or externally. Commercial businesses have low amounts of public foot traffic. Government services and businesses predominantly mapped as commercial too and used as such by data consumers! See more information on operator:type to set it as government to distinguish from private or others. civic_admin is an abandoned proposal, civic has no documentation, institutional is to ambiguous and all three only find minimal support in the mapping community.
landuse	construction		A site which is under active development and construction of a building or structure, including any purposeful alteration to the land or vegetation upon it. Abandoned construction projects and sites should not use this tag.
landuse	education		An area predominately used for educational purposes/facilities.
landuse	fairground		A site where the fair takes place
landuse	industrial		Predominantly industrial landuses such as workshops, factories, or warehouses.
landuse	residential		Land where people reside; predominantly residential detached (single houses, grouped dwellings), or attached (apartments, flats, units) dwellings. For "Mixed-Use" areas where more than half of the land is residential, tag as residential. See also: [[:Land use and areas of natural land § Open questions]]
landuse	retail		Predominantly retail businesses such as shops. Retail businesses sell physical goods such as food (prepared or grocery), clothing, medicine, stationary, appliances, tools, or other similar physical items. Retail businesses have high amounts of public foot traffic. Retail businesses do not exclusively provide or sell their services. For businesses which sell services see `landuse=commercial`. Generally a member of the public could freely walk into and access a retail business. Retail is a subset of commercial, but should be used and treated as mutually exclusive in OpenStreetMap.
landuse	institutional		Land used for institutional purposes, see Institution (disambiguation). Institutional land may include buildings like an `office=government`, `office=ngo`, `office=association`, `amenity=social_facility` and their associated infrastructure (car parks, service roads, yards and so-on) The meaning of this tag is ambiguous and unclear. Consider using another tag that better describes the object. For instance `landuse=commercial`. See talk page for discussion.
Key	Value	Element	Description	Rendering	Photo
Common landuse key values - rural and agricultural land
landuse	aquaculture		Aquaculture is the farming of freshwater and saltwater organisms such as finfish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants.	currently not rendered by osm-carto
landuse	allotments		A piece of land given over to local residents for growing vegetables and flowers.
landuse	farmland		An area of farmland used for tillage (cereals, vegetables, oil plants, flowers).
landuse	farmyard		An area of land with farm buildings like farmhouse, dwellings, farmsteads, sheds, stables, barns, equipment sheds, feed bunkers, etc. plus the open space in between them and the shrubbery/trees around them.
landuse	flowerbed		An area designated for flowers
landuse	forest		Managed forest or woodland plantation (Other languages). Some use this to map an area of trees rather than the use of the land. See Forest.
landuse	greenhouse_horticulture		Area used for growing plants in greenhouses
landuse	meadow		A meadow or pasture: land primarily vegetated by grass and non-woody plants, mainly used for hay or grazing
landuse	orchard		intentional planting of trees or shrubs maintained for food production
landuse	plant_nursery		intentional planting of plants maintaining for the production of new plants
landuse	vineyard		A piece of land where grapes are grown.
Key	Value	Element	Description	Rendering	Photo
Common landuse key values - waterbody Warning: currently, there is no convention on the exact meaning of this tag. Therefore, it makes sense to treat it like "boundary of aquaculture" (without implication of water body), which means, water body should be tagged by its own, using `natural=water` etc.}}}
landuse	basin		An area artificially graded to hold water. Together with `basin=*` for stormwater/rainwater infiltration/detention/retention basins. Other languages.
~~landuse~~	~~reservoir~~		A reservoir on Wikipedia. Deprecated variant of `natural=water` + `water=reservoir`. See Proposed features/Reservoir for details.
landuse	salt_pond		A place where salt (saline) water is evaporated to extract its salt.
Key	Value	Element	Description	Rendering	Photo
Other landuse key values
landuse	brownfield		Describes land scheduled for new development where old buildings have been demolished and cleared
landuse	cemetery		Place for burials. You can add `religion=*` (values listed in the place of worship page). Smaller places (e.g. with a church nearby) may use `amenity=grave_yard` instead.
~~landuse~~	~~conservation~~		Protected areas (deprecated) Alternate tagging of same thing: `boundary=protected_area`, `protected_area=*`
landuse	depot		An area used as a depot for e.g. vehicles (trains, buses or trams). Consider using rather standard landuse tags like `landuse=railway`, `landuse=commercial`, `landuse=industrial`, with subtag like `industrial=depot`.	currently not rendered by osm-carto
landuse	garages		One level buildings with boxes commonly for cars, usually made of brick and metal. Usually this area belong to garage cooperative with own name, chairman, budget, rules, security, etc.
landuse	grass		An area of mown and managed grass not otherwise covered by a more specific tag. Some view this as not a landuse, see the main page `landuse=grass` for discussion.
landuse	greenfield		Describes land scheduled for new development where there have been no buildings before. A greenfield is scheduled to turn into a construction site	(not rendered)
landuse	landfill		Place where waste is dumped.
landuse	military		For land areas owned/used by the military for whatever purpose
landuse	port		coastal industrial area where commercial traffic is handled. Consider using `landuse=industrial` + `industrial=port` for this type of industrial area.	currently not rendered by osm-carto
landuse	quarry		Surface mineral extraction
landuse	railway		Area for railway use, generally off-limits to the general public
landuse	recreation_ground		An open green space for general recreation, which may include pitches, nets and so on, usually municipal but possibly also private to colleges or companies
landuse	religious		An area used for religious purposes
landuse	village_green		A village green is a distinctive area of grassy public land in a village centre. Not a generic tag for urban greenery. It is a typical English term – defined separately from 'common land' under the Commons Registration Act 1965 and the Commons Act 2006.
landuse	winter_sports		An area dedicated to winter sports (e.g. skiing)
landuse	user defined		All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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Leisure

This is used to tag leisure and sports facilities. See the page titled Leisure for an introduction on its usage.

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Man made

A tag for identifying man made (artificial) structures that are added to the landscape. See man_made=* for an introduction on its usage.

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Military

This is used for facilities and on land used by the military. These may include the Navy, Army, Air Force and Marines. See the page titled Military for an introduction on its usage.

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Natural

This is used to describe natural and physical land features. These also include features that have been modified by humans.

Vegetation

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Water related

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Geology related

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Office

An office is a place of business where administrative or professional work is carried out.

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Place

See Generic:Map Features:place.

This is used mainly to give details about settlements. See the page titled Places for an introduction on its usage.

Administratively declared places

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Populated settlements, urban

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Populated settlements, urban and rural

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Other places

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Additional attributes

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Power

These are used to map electrical power generation and distributions systems. See Power for an introduction on its usage.

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Public transport

This is used for features related to public transport. For example: railway stations, bus stops and services. See the page titled Public transport for an introduction on its usage.

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Railway

Main article: Railways

This tag includes all kinds of railways ranging from heavily used mainline railways to an abandoned rail line.

Key	Value	Comment	Rendering carto	Photo
Tracks
railway	abandoned	The course of a former railway which has been abandoned and the track removed. The course is still recognized through embankments, cuttings, tree rows, bridges, tunnels, remaining track ties, building shapes and rolling or straight ways. For demolished rails that are no longer identifiable, e.g. that have been built over, some use the highly questionable `railway=razed`.	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	construction	Railway under construction.
railway	disused	A section of railway which is no longer used but where the track and infrastructure remains in place. The track is likely overgrown with endemic vegetation, but could be brought back into useful service with only minor effort.
railway	funicular	Cable driven inclined railways on a steep slope, with a pair of cars connected by one cable
railway	light_rail	A higher-standard tram system, normally in its own right-of-way. Often it connects towns and thus reaches a considerable length (tens of kilometres).
railway	miniature	Miniature railways are narrower than narrow gauge and carry passengers, frequently at an exact scale of "standard-sized" rail (for example "1/4 scale"). They can often be found in parks.
railway	monorail	A railway with only a single rail. A monorail can run above the rail like in Las Vegas and Disneyland or can suspend below the rail like the Wuppertal Schwebebahn (Germany).
railway	narrow_gauge	Narrow-gauge passenger or freight trains. Narrow gauge railways can have mainline railway service like the Rhaetian Railway in Switzerland or can be a small light industrial railway. Use `gauge=*` to specify the actual width of rails in mm.
~~railway~~	~~preserved~~	This is the old tag for historic trains. Use `railway:preserved=yes` for historical railway instead.
railway	rail	Full sized passenger or freight trains in the standard gauge for the country or state.
railway	subway	A city passenger rail service running mostly grade separated (see Wikipedia:rapid transit). Often a significant portion of the line or its system/network is underground.
railway	tram	One or two carriage rail vehicles, usually sharing motor road, sometimes called "street running" (Other languages).
Additional track features or attributes
bridge	yes	If the railway goes over a street, waterway or other railway on an elevated structure.
cutting	yes	A section where the railway is significantly lower than ground level, but not underground.
electrified	contact_line rail yes no	contact_line: a power line over the train head rail: a third rail near the track supplying the train with power yes: electrified track, but no details available no: track with no power supply.
embankment	yes	A section where the railway is raised significantly higher than ground level.
embedded_rails	yes/<type of railway>	Specifies that a highway on which non-railway traffic is also allowed has railway tracks embedded in it but the rails are mapped as separate ways.
frequency	number [Hz]	The frequency with which a line is electrified. Use 0 for DC. Also see the voltage tag.
railway:track_ref	number	Track number
service	crossover	Relatively short lengths of track which switch traffic from one parallel line to another
service	siding	Relatively short lengths of track, running parallel to (and connected to) a main route
service	spur	Relatively short lengths of track, built to give one company or entity access to a main or branch line.
service	yard	Tracks within railway company operated marshalling or maintenance yards.
tunnel	yes	If the railway goes below ground. Most subways have this tag.
tracks	number	Number of parallel tracks in close proximity when mapped as one single way representing all tracks. If not given means unknown and defaults to 1. In many parts of the world the tracks are being drawn out separately so that there is more detail, in which case this tag isn't used.
usage	main branch industrial military tourism scientific test	main line: heavy traffic branch line: connecting places with a mainline industrial: servicing large plants (iron, chemical etc.), surface mining, … military: servicing military area tourism: most mountain rails (rack-rails, funicular) and preserved railways scientific: rail transport at spaceports, large array telescopes, etc. test: track for testing new wheels, rails, tracks and rail technologies.
voltage	number	The voltage with which a line is electrified. Also see the frequency tag.
Stations and stops
railway	halt	A small station without switches
public_transport	stop_position	The position on the railway track where the train (its centre) stops at a platform. This is useful for routing on long platforms where also short trains stop and on long platforms where multiple trains stop behind each other. See also `public_transport=stop_area`.
public_transport	platform	This is parallel to the rail line for showing where the actual platforms are. It is also to know where you can change platform and enter the station, so use footpaths to connect them. This is really useful for routing too. Use only if the platform is served by public transport.
railway	platform	This is parallel to the rail line for showing where the actual platforms are. It is also to know where you can change platform and enter the station, so use footpaths to connect them. This is really useful for routing too. Use in addition to `public_transport=platform`.
public_transport	station	Railway passenger-only station.
railway	station	Railway passenger and/or cargo station. Use in addition to `public_transport=station`.
railway	subway_entrance	The entrance to a subway station, usually going from surface to underground.
railway	tram_stop	A tram stop is a place where a passenger can embark / disembark a tram.
Other railways
railway	buffer_stop	Stops the train at the end of a track. See buffer stop.	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	derail	A device used to prevent fouling of a rail track by unauthorized movements of trains or unattended rolling stock. See Derail (railroad).	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	crossing	A point where pedestrians may cross.
railway	level_crossing	A point where rails and roads cross.
railway	tram_level_crossing	A point where trams and roads cross.
railway	signal	Any kind of railway signal.	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	switch	Full connections between railways (aka 'points').	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	railway_crossing	Crossing rails with no interconnection.	Not rendered by osm-carto
landuse	railway	Ground used around railways and railway-stations.	Except no border, as `landuse=industrial`
railway	turntable	These are used for changing the direction that part of a train is pointing in.	: Not rendered by osm-carto :
railway	roundhouse	A semicircular building with many stalls for servicing engines.	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	traverser	These are used for changing trains between railways. Also known as transfer table.	: Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	wash	A railroad carriage/car wash	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	water_crane	A structure to deliver water to steam locomotives	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	ventilation_shaft	A structure that allows ventilation in underground tunnels	Not rendered by osm-carto
railway	user defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo	– – –	– – –

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Route

Main article: relation:route

This is used to describe routes of all different kinds.

Key	Value	Comment
route	bicycle	Cycle routes or bicycles route are named, numbered or otherwise signed. May go along roads, trails or dedicated cycle paths
route	bus	The route a public bus service takes. See Buses.
route	canoe	Signed route for canoeing through a waterway.
route	detour	Route for fixed detour routes. Examples are Bedarfsumleitung in Germany and uitwijkroute in the Netherlands
route	ferry	The route a ferry takes from terminal to terminal Please make sure to add at least one node per tile (zoom level 12), better at least one every few km, so offline editors catch it with bbox requests.
route	foot	Walking Route - is used for routes which are walkable without any limitations regarding fitness, equipment or weather conditions.
route	hiking	Hiking explains how to tag hiking routes.
route	horse	Riding routes
route	inline_skates	Inline has more information on the subject.
route	light_rail	Route of a light rail line.
route	mtb	Mountain biking explains how to tag mtb routes.
route	piste	Route of a piste (e.g., snowshoe or XC-Ski trails) in a winter sport area.
route	railway	A sequence of railway ways, often named (e.g., Channel Tunnel). See Railways.
route	road	Can be used to map various road routes/long roads.
route	running	For running (jogging) routes.
route	ski	For ski tracks (e.g., XC-Ski Trails User:Langläufer/Loipemap).
route	subway	Route of a metro service
route	train	Train services (e.g., London-Paris Eurostar) See Railways.
route	tracks	Railroad track as rail infrastructure.
route	tram	See Trams for more information on tagging tram services.
route	trolleybus	The route of a trolleybus service.
route	User defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo.

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Shop

The shop tag is used as a place of business that has stocked goods for sale or sells services. See the page titled Shop for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
Food, beverages
shop	alcohol	Shop selling alcohol to take away
shop	bakery	Shop focused on selling bread
shop	beverages	Shop focused on selling alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. See also `shop=alcohol`.
shop	brewing_supplies	Shop focused on selling supplies for home brewing of beer, wine and spirits (where permitted).
shop	butcher	Shop focused on selling meat
shop	cheese	Shop focused on selling cheese.
shop	chocolate	Shop focused on selling chocolate.
shop	coffee	Shop focused on selling coffee.
shop	confectionery	Shop focused on selling sweets or candy
shop	convenience	A small local shop carrying a small subset of the items you would find in a supermarket
shop	deli	Shop focused on selling delicatessen (fine foods, gourmet foods), possibly also fine wine. Not to be confused with the US delis.
shop	dairy	Shop focused on selling dairy products.
shop	farm	Shop or roadside stand focused on selling freshly harvested farm produce
shop	frozen_food	Shop focused on selling frozen food.
shop	greengrocer	Shop focused on selling vegetables and fruits.
shop	health_food	A health food shop; selling wholefoods, vitamins, nutrition supplements and meat and dairy alternatives.
shop	ice_cream	Shop selling ice cream. See also `amenity=ice_cream`.
shop	pasta	Shop focused on selling (fresh) pasta, ravioli, etc.
shop	pastry	Shop focused on selling baked sweets like cakes, biscuits, strudel and pies.
shop	seafood	Shop focused on selling fish/seafood.
shop	spices	Shop focused on selling spices.
shop	tea	Shop focused on selling tea.
shop	wine	Shop selling wine.
shop	water	Shop focused on selling drinking water.
General store, department store, mall
shop	department_store	A single large store – often multiple storeys high – selling a large variety of goods (see also `shop=mall`)
shop	[[ Too many Data Items entities accessed. \| general ]]	A store that carries a general line of merchandise. (see also `shop=convenience` if it sells food).
shop	kiosk	A small shop on the pavement that sells magazines, tobacco, newspapers, sweets and stamps.
shop	mall	A shopping mall – multiple stores under one roof (also known as a shopping centre)
shop	supermarket	Supermarket – a large store with groceries and other items
shop	wholesale	Wholesale/warehouse club or cash and carry - a store that sells items in bulk to retailers. The branch of industry can be defined with `wholesale=*`.
Clothing, shoes, accessories
shop	baby_goods	Shop focused on selling objects for babies (clothes, prams, cots, toys).
shop	bag	Shop focused on selling bags.
shop	boutique	A small shopping outlet, especially one that specializes in elite and fashionable items
shop	clothes	Shop focused on selling clothes and/or underwear (other related value in use is fashion)
shop	fabric	Shop focused on selling fabric and other materials for the purpose of making clothes and other products, eg dress making.
~~shop~~	~~fashion~~	Shop focused on selling fashion. This is deprecated, please use `shop=clothes`.
shop	fashion_accessories	Shop focused on selling fashion accessories.
shop	jewelry	Jewellers shops.
shop	leather	Shop focused on selling products made out of leather.
shop	sewing	A shop that sells sewing supplies (fabric, thread, yarn, knitting needles, sewing machines, etc.)
shop	shoes	Shop focused on selling shoes.
shop	tailor	A place where clothing is made, repaired, or altered professionally, especially suits and men's clothing
shop	watches	Shop focused on selling watches.
shop	wool	Shop selling wool for making of clothes or other products.
Discount store, charity
shop	charity	A charity shop is a shop operated by a charity, for the purposes of fundraising.
shop	second_hand	A shop buying and selling used clothes and other things. See also `shop=pawnbroker`
shop	variety_store	A variety store retailer is a retail store that sells inexpensive items, sometimes with a single price point for all items in the store.
Health and beauty
shop	beauty	A non-hairdresser beauty shop, spa, nail salon, etc.. See also `shop=hairdresser`.
shop	chemist	Shop focused on selling articles of personal hygiene, cosmetics, and household cleaning products (for a shop that potentially dispenses prescription drugs, cf. pharmacy. U.S. drug store, see `amenity=pharmacy`)
shop	cosmetics	Shop focused on selling cosmetics
shop	erotic	Shop focused on selling erotic toys, -clothes or other erotic stuff.
shop	hairdresser	Here you can get your hair cut, coloured, … See also `shop=beauty`
shop	hairdresser_supply	A shop, where you can buy hairdressing supplies.
shop	hearing_aids	Shop focused on selling hearing aids devices
shop	herbalist	Shop focused on selling herbs, often for medical purposes. (See also: `healthcare:speciality=herbalism` and `healthcare=alternative`).
shop	massage	A massage shop
shop	medical_supply	Shop focused on selling medical supplies.
shop	nutrition_supplements	Shops that sells one or more nutritional supplements (of vitamins, minerals and/or herbs)
shop	optician	Shop focused on selling eyeglasses, contact lenses (may also check your eyes).
shop	perfumery	Shop focused on selling perfumery
shop	tattoo	A tattoo parlour.
Do-it-yourself, household, building materials, gardening
shop	agrarian	Shop focused on selling agrarian products, like seeds, agricultural machinery, animal feed, etc.
shop	appliance	Shop focused on selling large electrical items (aka white goods) washing machines, fridges, cookers, ovens, fans, etc.
shop	bathroom_furnishing	Shop focused on selling bathroom furniture and accessories
shop	doityourself	Shop focused on selling tools and supplies to do-it-yourself householders, gardening, …
shop	electrical	Shop focused on selling electrical supplies and devices
shop	energy	Shop focused on selling energy
shop	fireplace	Shop focused on selling electric fireplaces, stoves or masonry heaters and required fuels
shop	florist	Shop focused on selling bouquets of flowers (see `shop=garden_centre` for potted flowers).
shop	garden_centre	Shop focused on selling potted flowers, maybe even trees (see also `shop=florist` for flower bouquets).
shop	garden_furniture	Shop focused on selling garden furniture (sheds, outdoor tables, gates, fences, ...). See `shop=garden_centre` if also plants are sold.
shop	gas	Shop focused on selling technical gas, such as argon, oxygen, acetylene, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, etc. in pressurized containers
shop	glaziery	Shop focused on selling and installing glazing for windows and doors.
shop	groundskeeping	Shop focused on selling outdoor groundskeeping equipment (lawnmowers, chainsaws, small tractors, ...
shop	hardware	Shop focused on selling building supplies including screws, bolts & paints, … See also `shop=doityourself`
shop	houseware	Shop focused on selling crockery, cutlery, kitchenware, small household appliances.
shop	locksmith	Shop focused on selling keys, see also `craft=locksmith` and `craft=key_cutter`
shop	paint	Shop focused on selling paints.
shop	pottery	Shop focused on selling earthenware, stoneware and porcelain and other ceramic ware.
shop	security	Shop focused on selling security items like burglar alarms, vaults, locking systems, video surveillance cameras, firefighting equipment, alarm systems, warning systems, etc.
shop	trade	Shop focused on selling one or more building supplies such as timber/wood, cement etc. See also `shop=doityourself`
~~shop~~	~~windows~~	This tag is deprecated. Please use `craft=window_construction` instead.
Furniture and interior
shop	antiques	Shop focused on selling antiques.
shop	bed	Shop focused on selling beds, mattresses and other bedding products.
shop	candles	Shop focused on selling candles and candle accessories (holders, etc)
shop	carpet	Shop focused on selling carpets
shop	curtain	Shop focused on selling curtains or drapes (see also `shop=fabric`)
shop	doors	Shop focused on selling doors
shop	flooring	Shop focused on selling floorings
shop	furniture	Shop focused on selling furniture, might range from small decorational items to a whole flat interior
shop	household_linen	Shop focused on selling household linen.
shop	interior_decoration	Shop focused on selling interior decorations.
shop	kitchen	A shop where you can plan and buy your kitchen. (Sometimes called "kitchen studio" and the like, but plain kitchen is the most frequently used tag so far.)
shop	lighting	A shop selling lighting fixtures and lamps.
shop	tiles	Shop focused on selling tiles.
shop	window_blind	Shop focused on selling window blinds.
Electronics
shop	computer	Shop focused on selling computers, peripherals, software, …
shop	electronics	Shop focused on selling consumer electronics (TV, radio, …). Larger ones may also sell computers, fridges, …
shop	hifi	Shop focused on selling High Fidelity or High End environment to listen music or watch films at home
shop	mobile_phone	Shop focused on selling mobile phones and accessories
shop	radiotechnics	Shop focused on selling electronic components, electrical products, radio measuring devices, supplies for radio and electronics.
shop	telecommunication	Shop selling internet, television or similar services, and related hardware.
shop	vacuum_cleaner	Shop focused on selling vacuum cleaners and associated products.
Outdoors and sport, vehicles
shop	atv	Shop focused on selling atvs (quads), atv equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	bicycle	Shop focused on selling bicycles, bicycle equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	boat	Shop focused on selling boats, boat equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	car	Car store – a place to buy cars or to get your car repaired
shop	car_repair	Shop focused on car repair (usually independent of a specific car brand).
shop	car_parts	Shop focused on selling auto parts, auto accessories, motor oil, car chemicals, etc.
shop	caravan	A shop for caravans, motorhomes & similar recreational vehicles.
shop	fuel	Shop selling fuels (motor fuel, wood, coal, gas) that can't be considered a `amenity=fuel` (fuel station). Use fuel:*=yes/no to indicate which fuels are available.
shop	fishing	Shop focused on selling fishing equipment.
shop	golf	Shop focused on selling golf equipment.
shop	hunting	Shop focused on selling gun and hunting equipment.
shop	jetski	Shop focused on selling jetskis, jetski equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	military_surplus	Shop selling used military equipment
shop	motorcycle	Shop focused on selling motorcycles and/or related accessories, clothes, parts, and rental services.
shop	outdoor	Shop focused on selling camping, walking, climbing, and other outdoor sports equipment (GPSes, etc.)
shop	scuba_diving	Shop focused on selling scuba diving equipment.
shop	ski	Shop focused on selling skis, ski equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	snowmobile	Shop focused on selling snowmobiles, snowmobile equipment and may rent or repair them
shop	sports	Shop focused on selling sporting goods.
shop	swimming_pool	A store that sells swimming pool equipment and supplies.
shop	trailer	Shop focused on selling trailers and parts and/or repairing / renting them
shop	tyres	Shop focused on selling tyres.
Art, music, hobbies
shop	art	Shop which sells works of art. May be paintings, sculpture, or other types of art
shop	camera	A shop mainly selling cameras and lenses
shop	collector	A shop for different collector's items like stamps, coins, action figures, etc.
shop	craft	An arts and crafts supply store. Commonly sold items are paper, canvas, paint, pencils, crafting wood, crafting tools, etc. - look at `craft=*`
shop	frame	Shop focused on selling frames.
shop	games	Shop focused on selling board games, card games and/or role-playing games.
shop	model	Shop specialising in the sale of scale models.
shop	music	Shop focused on selling recorded music (vinyl/CDs/...)
shop	musical_instrument	Shop focused on selling musical instruments, lyrics, scores. If focused on a specific instrument, specify with musical_instrument=*
shop	photo	Shop focused on selling products or services related with photography.
shop	trophy	Store selling trophies, awards, plaques etc.
shop	video	Shop focused on selling or renting out videos/DVDs.
shop	video_games	Shop focused on selling video games.
Stationery, gifts, books, newspapers
shop	anime	Shop focused on selling anime stuff.
shop	books	Shop focused on selling books (for a library that lends books, see `amenity=library`)
shop	gift	Shop focused on selling gifts, greeting cards, or tourist gifts (souvenirs)
shop	lottery	A shop of which the main or only purpose is the sale of lottery tickets.
shop	newsagent	Shop focused on selling newspapers, cigarettes, other goods
shop	stationery	Shop focused on selling office supplies
shop	ticket	Shop focused on selling tickets for concerts, events, public transport, …
Others
shop	bookmaker	A shop that takes bets on sporting and other events at agreed upon odds.
shop	cannabis	a shop primarily and legally selling non-medical cannabis products
shop	copyshop	Shop focused on selling photocopying and printing services.
shop	dry_cleaning	Shop or kiosk offering a clothes dry cleaning service. The actual cleaning may be done elsewhere.
shop	e-cigarette	Shop focused on selling electronic cigarettes.
shop	funeral_directors	Providing services related to funeral arrangements, may also be known as a "funeral parlour" or "undertakers".
shop	insurance	A shop selling insurance services from one or more insurance carriers.
shop	laundry	A shop to get your normal clothes washed. Might be self service coin operated, with service staff for drop off, …
shop	money_lender	A money lender offers small personal loans at high rates of interest.
shop	outpost	Shop primarily used to pick-up items ordered online.
shop	party	A shop for party and festival supplies, like costumes, etc.
shop	pawnbroker	A pawnbroker (or pawnshop) is an individual or business that offers secured loans to people. See also `shop=second_hand`
shop	pest_control	Shop selling pest control goods to exterminate rats, insects etc.
shop	pet	A shop for pets, animals and toys or food for them.
shop	pet_grooming	A shop offering grooming services for pets (most frequently dogs)
shop	pyrotechnics	Store of pyrotechnics: fireworks, firecrackers, sparklers etc.
shop	religion	Shop focused on selling religious articles, church shop. See also `religion=*`
shop	storage_rental	self storage
shop	tobacco	Shop focused on selling tobacco, cigarettes and their related accessories.
shop	toys	Shop focused on selling toys.
shop	travel_agency	Shop focused on selling tickets for travelling. Also known as a tour operator.
shop	weapons	Shop focused on selling weapons like knives, guns etc.
shop	vacant	An unused vacant shop. Can be used for an empty or abandoned retail space that seems to be available for lease or purchase where a retail store (or similar businesses) may be opened. No store is being operated in a vacant shop, and neither goods nor services are being offered. This tag can be used after a store was closed or for a newly built shop before any busisness was operated in the shop.
shop	~~yes~~ - use more specific value if possible	A shop of unspecified type - it is always better to use another value that gives info about shop type, if possible. Used also as indicator that feature such as fuel station has shop.
shop	user defined	All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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Sport

This is used to provide information about which sports are placed on a facility such as a pitch or stadium. It is intended to be used in conjunction with tags landuse=* or leisure=*. See the page titled Sport for an introduction on its usage.

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Telecom

These are used to map telecommunication systems.

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Tourism

This is used to map places and things of specific interest to tourists. For example these may be places to see, places to stay and things and places providing support. See the page titled Tourism for an introduction on its usage.

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Water

This is used to describe type of water body and is only used together with natural=water.

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Waterway

This is used to described different types of waterways. When mapping the way of a river, stream, drain, canal, etc. these need to be aligned in the direction of the water flow. See the page titled Waterways for an introduction on its usage.

Natural watercourses

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Man-made waterways

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Facilities

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Barriers on waterways

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Additional properties

Addresses

This is used to provide postal information for a building or facility. See the pages titled Addresses and addr=* for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
Tags for individual houses
addr:housenumber	user defined	The house number (may contain letters, dashes or other characters). Addresses describes ways to tag a single building with multiple addresses. Please do not only tag `addr:housenumber=`, but also add at least `addr:street=` or `addr:place=*` for places without streets (or map the belonging to a street with a relation using associatedStreet relation or street relation.)
addr:housename	user defined	The name of a house. This is sometimes used in some countries like England, Spain, Portugal, Latvia instead of (or in addition to) a house number.
addr:flats	user defined	The unit numbers (a range or a list) of the flats or apartments located behind a single entrance door.
addr:conscriptionnumber	user defined	This special kind of housenumber relates to a settlement instead of a street. Conscription numbers were introduced in the Austrio-Hungarian Empire and are still in use in some parts of Europe, sometimes together with street-related housenumbers which are also called orientation numbers.
addr:street	user defined	The name of the respective street. If the street name is very long or nonexistent, the ref of the respective street. A way with `highway=` or a square with `place=square` and the corresponding name should be found nearby. The belonging to a street can alternatively be represented by a associatedStreet relation or street relation. The keys `addr:housenumber=` and `addr:street=` in principle are the only necessary ones if there are valid border polygons. If you are not sure if it is so, just add `addr:city=`, `addr:postcode=` and `addr:country=`.
addr:place	user defined	This is part of an address which refers to the name of some territorial zone (usually a `place=` like island, square or very small village) instead of a street (`highway=`). Should not be used together with `addr:street=*`.
addr:postcode	user defined	The postal code of the building/area. Some mappers prefer to rely on `boundary=postal_code`
addr:city	user defined	The name of the city as given in postal addresses of the building/area. (In some places the city in the address corresponds to the post office that serves the area rather than the actual city, if any, in which the building is located.) Some mappers assume it can be derived from a boundary=administrative relation.
addr:country	user defined	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two letter country code in upper case. Example: "DE" for Germany, "CH" for Switzerland, "AT" for Austria, "FR" for France, "IT" for Italy. Caveat: The ISO 3166-1 code for Great Britain is "GB" and not "UK". More or less favoured in different national communities.
addr:postbox	user defined	Use this for addressing postal service Post Office Box (PO Box, BP - Boîte Postale, CP - Case Postale, Поштански преградак, Поштански фах, Поштански претинац) as alternative to addressing using street names. Example: "PO Box 34"
addr:full	user defined	Use this for a full-text, often multi-line, address if you find the structured address fields unsuitable for denoting the address of this particular location. Examples: "Fifth house on the left after the village oak, Smalltown, Smallcountry", or addresses using special delivery names or codes (possibly via an unrelated city name and post code), or PO Boxes. Beware that these strings can hardly be parsed by software: "1200 West Sunset Boulevard Suite 110A" is still better represented as `addr:housenumber=1200` + `addr:street=West Sunset Boulevard` + `addr:unit=110A`.
For countries using hamlet, subdistrict, district, province, state, county
addr:hamlet	user defined	The hamlet of the object. In France, some addresses use hamlets instead of street names.
addr:suburb	user defined	If an address exists several times in a city. You have to add the name of the settlement. See Australian definition of suburb.
addr:subdistrict	user defined	The subdistrict of the object.
addr:district	user defined	The district of the object.
addr:province	user defined	The province of the object. For Canada, uppercase two-letter postal abbreviations (BC, AB, ON, QC, etc.) are used. In Russia a synonym {{{key:addr:region}}} is widely used
addr:state	user defined	The state of the object. For the US, uppercase two-letter postal abbreviations (AK, CA, HI, NY, TX, WY, etc.) are used.
addr:county	user defined	The county of the object.
Tags for interpolation ways
addr:interpolation	all/even/odd/ alphabetic	How to interpolate the house numbers belonging to the way along the respective street. See detailed description.
addr:interpolation	Number n	Every nth house between the end nodes is represented by the interpolation way.
addr:inclusion	actual/estimate/potential	Optional tag to indicate the accuracy level of survey used to create the address interpolation way. See detailed description.

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Annotations

Providing further information about tag values for other mappers and in some cases also for users. See the page titled Annotations for an introduction on its usage.

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Name

The name=* tag is the primary tag used for mapping the name of an element. See the page titled Names for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
name	User defined	The common default name. Notes: For disputed areas, please use the name as displayed on, e.g., street signs for the name tag Put all alternatives into either localized name tags (e.g., name:tr/name:el) or the variants (e.g., loc_name/old_name/alt_name) Do not abbreviate words: abbreviations
name:<lg>	User defined	Name in different language; e.g., `name:fr=Londres`. Note that all key variants below can use a language suffix. See: Multilingual names.
name:left , name:right	User defined	Used when a way has different names for different sides (e.g., a street that's forming the boundary between two municipalities).
int_name[:<lg>]	User defined	International name. Consider using language specific names instead; e.g., `name:en=...`. International does not (necessarily) mean English. It is used to give the name transliterated to Latin script in Belarus, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan and Northern Macedonia
loc_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Local name.
nat_name[:<lg>]	User defined	National name.
official_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Official name. Useful where there is some elaborate official name, while a different one is a common name typically used. Example: `official_name=Principat d'Andorra` (where "name" is `name=Andorra`).
old_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Historical/old name, still in some use.
reg_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Regional name.
short_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Should be a recognizable commonly-used short version of the name, not a nickname (use alt_name for that), useful for searching (recognized by Nominatim).
sorting_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Name, used for correct sorting of names — This is only needed when sorting names cannot be based only on their orthography (using the Unicode Collation Algorithm with collation tables tailored by language and script, or when sorted lists of names are including names written in multiple languages and/or scripts) but requires ignoring some parts such as: ignoring leading articles, or lowering the relative importance of first names cited before a last name, ignoring the generic part of a street name when it occurs before the specific name (e.g., in French with "rue", "boulevard", "place", etc.), all of them being ignored at the primary sort level and not easily inferable by a preprocessing algorithm.
alt_name[:<lg>]	User defined	Alternative name by which the feature is known. If there is a name that does not fit in any of the above keys, alt_name can be used; e.g., `name=Field Fare Road` and `alt_name=Fieldfare Road`, or `name=University Centre` and `alt_name=Grad Pad`. In rare cases, the key is used for multiple semicolon-separated names; e.g. `alt_name=name1;name2;name3`, but this usage is not preferred.
~~name_1~~ , ~~name_2~~ , ...		Do not use this tag, suffixed name tagging for multiple values is deprecated.

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Properties

This is used to give additional information of a general nature about another element.

Key	Value	Comment	Rendering
area	yes	Means a feature that is normally linear is an area. You should not add this to features that are already defined as an area type.
brand	user defined	Brand of the feature.
bridge	yes / aqueduct / viaduct / cantilever / movable / covered / …	A bridge, use together with the tag `layer=`. Value yes* is generic, or you can specialize.
capacity	amount	Used for specifying capacity of a facility.
charge	amount	Used for specifying how much is charged for use/access to a facility. See `toll=` or `fee=`.
clothes	see key's page	Tagged on shops and other features to denote if they sell clothes or not and what type of clothes they sell.
covered	yes	Used to denote that a node, way or area is covered by another entity (or in some cases the ground), when the use of layers is inappropriate, or additional clarification is needed.	Various, depending on the covered entity
crossing	no / traffic_signals / uncontrolled / island / unmarked	Further refinement for nodes already tagged with `highway=crossing` or `railway=crossing`
crossing:island	yes / no	Specifies whether a pedestrian crossing has a refuge island
cutting	yes / left / right	A cut in the land to carry a road or tram. Mostly in hilly landscape. See Cutting on Wikipedia
disused	yes	For features that are useful for navigation, yet are unused. See `abandoned=*` if infrastructure is removed.
drinking_water	yes / no	Describes whether a drinking water is available
drive_through	yes / no	Used to indicate if a pharmacy, bank, atm, or fast_food, or post_box offers drive_thru service. `drive_through=` is different than `drive_in=`}
drive_in	yes / no	Used to indicate if a cinema is a drive-in cinema or a restaurant offers drive-in service. `drive_in=` is different than `drive_through=`
electrified	contact_line / rail	Indicates infrastructure to supply vehicles with electricity on rail tracks
ele	Number	Elevation (also known as altitude or height) above mean sea level in metre, based on geoid model EGM 96 which is used by WGS 84 (GPS). (see also Altitude)
embankment	yes	A raised bank to carry a road, railway, or canal across a low-lying or wet area. See Embankment on Wikipedia
end_date	Date	Date feature was removed
est_width	Number	A rough guess of the width of way in metres
fee	yes / no	Used for specifying whether fee is charged for use/access to a facility. See also `toll=*`.
fire_object:type	poo / szo	Potentially dangerous and socially significant objects
fire_operator	Name	Fire station, which serves the object
fire_rank	1bis / 2 to 5	Rank fire, defined for a particular object
frequency	Number	Frequency in Hz
hazard	see hazard	Indicates of the hazards.
hot_water	yes / no	Describes whether a hot water is available
inscription	User Defined	The full text of inscriptions, which can be found on buildings, memorials and other objects.
internet_access	yes / wired / wlan / terminal / no	This tag is for indication that a map entity such as a building, a shop, restaurant, etc. offers internet access to the public, either as a paid service or even for free.
layer	-5 to 5	0: ground (default); -1..-5:under ground layer; 1..5 (not +1):above ground layer This is intended to indicate actual physical separation, shouldn't be used just to influence rendering order.
leaf_cycle	evergreen / deciduous / semi_evergreen / semi_deciduous / mixed	Describes the phenology of leaves
leaf_type	broadleaved / needleleaved / mixed / leafless	Describes the type of leaves
location	underground / overground / underwater / roof / indoor	Location
narrow	yes	Relative indication that a way (waterway, highway, cycleway) gets narrower.
nudism	yes / obligatory / designated / no / customary / permissive	Indicates if the described object provides the possibility of nudism
opening_hours	24/7 or mo md hh:mm-hh:mm. (read described syntax)	opening_hours describes when something is open.
opening_hours:drive_through	24/7 or mo md hh:mm-hh:mm. (read described syntax)	opening_hours describes when something is open for drive-through services.
operator	User Defined	The operator tag can be used to name a company or corporation who's responsible for a certain object or who operates it.
power_supply	yes / no	Describes whether a power supply is available
produce	User Defined	Describes a feature's agricultural output produced though a natural process of growing or breeding.
rental	see key's page	Tagged on shops and other features to denote if they rent something or not and what they rent.
sauna	yes / no	Describes whether a sauna is available
service_times	see opening_hours	Times of service of a given feature e.g. church service
shower	yes / no	Describes whether a shower is available
start_date	Date	Date feature was created
tactile_paving	yes /no	Indicate if a specific place can be detected or followed with a blindman's stick.
tidal	yes	Area is flooded by the tide
toilets	yes / no	Describes whether a toilets is available
topless	yes / no	Indicates if the described object provides the possibility of female topless practice
tunnel	yes	A tunnel, use together with a tag `layer=*`.
toilets:wheelchair	yes / no	States if a location has a wheelchair accessible toilet or not.
wheelchair	yes / no / limited	Indicates if a place is accessible using a wheelchair.
width	Number	Width of way in metres
~~wood~~	~~coniferous / deciduous / mixed~~	Applies to `landuse=forest` and `natural=wood` detailing the sort of trees found within each landuse. Makes most sense when applied to areas. Be careful : this tag is now deprecated, please use instead `leaf_cycle=*`

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References

This is used to add reference information for an element.

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Restrictions

This is used to define restrictions that apply to the associated element. See the page titled Restrictions for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Comment
Vehicle types
access	agricultural / delivery / designated / destination / forestry / no / official / permissive / private / yes	General access permission. agricultural – Only for agricultural traffic delivery – Only when delivering to the element. designated – A preferred or designated route for a specific vehicle type or types. Not compulsory but often marked by a traffic sign destination – Used for ways in designated local traffic areas, where traffic should only enter if its destination is within the area forestry – Only for forestry traffic no – No access for the general public. Consider using another tag indicating who can use the element official – The way is dedicated to a specific mode of travel by law. Usually marked by traffic signs and exclusive. In Germany use is also compulsory. clarification needed permissive – Open to general traffic until such time as the owner revokes the permission which they are legally allowed to do at any time in the future. private – Only with permission of the owner on an individual basis yes – The public has an official, legal right of access, i.e. it's a right of way (default value)
agricultural	yes / no	Access permission for agricultural vehicles, e.g. tractors.
atv	For values see access above	Access restricted to wheeled vehicles 1.27m (50 inches) or less in width, for example ATV
bdouble	For values see access above	Access permission for Road Train B-double. A B-double (B-Train) consists of a prime mover towing a specialised trailer (known as a "lead" or "A"-trailer) that has a fifth-wheel mounted on the rear towing another semi-trailer, resulting in two articulation points.
bicycle	For values see access above + dismount	Access permission for bicycles. Usage of `bicycle=dismount` and `bicycle=no` will vary in different countries. If according to local traffic rules a bicycle is no longer seen as a bicycle when there's no one driving it, then there's no need for using `bicycle=dismount`. If the local legislation still sees an undriven bicycle as a bicycle then you may need to use both `bicycle=dismount` and `bicycle=no`.
boat	For values see access above	Access permission for small boats and pleasure crafts, including yachts
electric_bicycle	For values see access above	Access permission for electric bicycles (mostly defined as having a maximum speed of 25 km/h)
emergency	yes	Access permission for emergency motor vehicles; e.g., ambulance, fire truck, police car
foot	For values see access above	Access permission for pedestrians.
forestry	yes / no	Access permission for forestry vehicles, e.g. tractors.
golf_cart	For values see access above	Access permission for golf carts and similar small, low-speed electric vehicles
goods	For values see access above	Access permission for light commercial vehicles (LCV) or goods vehicles of category N1 with a maximum allowed mass of up to 3.5 tonnes. In the USA, combined weight 26,000 lbs or less.
hazmat	For values see access above	Access permission for vehicles carrying hazardous materials.
hgv	For values see access above	Access permission for Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGV) (UK), e.g. for goods vehicles of category N2 and N3 (trucks, lorries) with a maximum allowed mass over 3.5 tonnes. In the USA, combined weight 26,001 lbs or greater.
horse	For values see access above	Access permission for horse riders.
inline_skates	yes / no	Access permission for Inline Skates
lhv	For values see access above	Access permission for Longer Heavier Vehicle (LHV), e.g. for vehicles with 6 axles and can carry up to 44 metric tons
mofa	For values see access above	Access permission for mofas
moped	For values see access above	Access permission for mopeds
motorboat	For values see access above	Access permission boats and yachts using motor
motorcar	For values see access above	Access permission for (motor) cars
motorcycle	For values see access above	Access permission for motorcycles
motor_vehicle	For values see access above	Access permission for any motorized vehicle
psv	For values see access above	Access permission for Public Service Vehicles (UK), e.g. buses and coaches
roadtrain	For values see access above	Access permission for Road train, A road train consists of a relatively conventional tractor unit, but instead of pulling one trailer or semi-trailer, the road train pulls two or more of them.
ski	For values see access above	Access permission for skiers
speed_pedelec	For values see access above	Access permission for electric bicycles (mostly defined as having a maximum speed of 45 km/h)
tank	For values see access above	Access permission for (military) tanks
vehicle	For values see access above	Access permission for all vehicles
[[ Too many Data Items entities accessed. \| 4wd_only ]]	yes	A road signed as only suitable for 4WD (offroad) vehicles
Other
charge	Number	Amount of toll or fee. See `toll=*` as well
female	yes	Female-only or gender segregated (with `male=yes`) feature
male	yes	Male-only or gender segregated (with `female=yes`) feature
max_age	age	The legal maximum age
maxaxleload	Weight	The legal maximum axleload – units other than tonnes should be explicit
maxheight	Height	Height limit – units other than metres should be explicit
maxlength	Length	Length limit – units other than metres should be explicit
maxspeed	Speed	Maximum speed – units other than km/h should be explicit
maxstay	Number	Maximum stay, in units given (hour/hours/day/days)
maxweight	Weight	Weight limit – units other than tonnes should be explicit
maxwidth	Width	Width limit – units other than metres should be explicit
min_age	age	The legal minimum age
minspeed	Speed	Minimum speed – units other than km/h should be explicit
noexit	yes	A dead end road/cul de sac with only one access road
oneway	yes / no / -1	`oneway=yes` for traffic direction same as the sequence of nodes of the way. `oneway=no` for bidirectional traffic. `oneway=-1` for traffic direction opposite to the sequence of nodes of the way (if the way cannot be reversed). Some road types are assumed to be one-way (e.g. `highway=motorway`), others are assumed to be two-way (most others).
Relation:restriction		Used for a set of tags and members to represent a turn restriction.
toll	yes	Toll or fee must be paid to access way. See also `barrier=toll_booth`
traffic_sign	city_limit	Start/end sign of city limits, in most countries implies a specific "city maxspeed".
unisex	yes	Unisex feature

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Map features

Primary features

Aerialway

Aeroway

Amenity

Sustenance

Education

Transportation

Financial

Healthcare

Entertainment, Arts & Culture

Public Service

Facilities

Waste Management

Others

Barrier

Linear barriers

Access control on highways

Boundary

Boundary types

Attributes

Building

Accommodation

Commercial

Religious

Civic/amenity

Agricultural/plant production

Sports

Storage

Cars

Power/technical buildings

Other buildings

Additional attributes

Craft

Emergency

Medical rescue

Firefighters

Lifeguards

Assembly point

Other structure

Geological

Healthcare

Highway

Roads

Link roads

Special road types

Paths

When sidewalk/crosswalk is tagged as a separate way

When sidewalk (or pavement) is tagged on the main roadway (see Sidewalks)

When cycleway is drawn as its own way (see Bicycle)

Cycleway tagged on the main roadway or lane (see Bicycle)

Street parking tagged on the main roadway (see Street parking)

Lifecycle (see also lifecycle prefixes)

Attributes

Other highway features

Historic

Landuse

Common landuse key values - developed land

Common landuse key values - rural and agricultural land

Common landuse key values - waterbody

Other landuse key values

Leisure

Man made

Military

Natural

Vegetation

Water related

Geology related

Office

Place

Administratively declared places

Populated settlements, urban

Populated settlements, urban and rural

Other places

Additional attributes

Power

Public transport

Railway

Tracks

Additional track features or attributes