Tag:building=barn
| building = barn |
| Description |
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| An agricultural building that can be used for storage and as a covered workplace. |
| Rendering in OSM Carto |
| Group: Buildings |
| Used on these elements |
| Useful combination |
| See also |
| Status: de facto |
| Tools for this tag |
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The tag building=barn can be used to tag a building as a barn, an agricultural building that can be used for storage and as a covered workplace.
How to map
Map the building as usual and tag it with building=barn or alternatively as building=* with a different value and the tag building:use=barn. The latter variant is recommended in case the building was not originally built as a barn, but is now used as one.
Examples
| Tags | Description |
|---|---|
| building=barn | A building that was built as a barn. |
building=* building:use=barn |
The building is now used as a barn, but was not originally built as one. |
Disambiguation
If primarily animals are kept in the building, other tags should be used, e.g. building=stable, building=sty or building=cowshed.
Related tags
- landuse=farmland
- landuse=farmyard
- building=farm_auxiliary - a building on a farm that is not a dwelling
- building=stable - a stable for horses.
- building=sty - a building for raising domestic pigs.
- building=cowshed - a building for housing cows.
- building=goat_shed - a building for housing goats.
- building=livestock - a building for housing livestock.
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