Tag:landuse=construction

An area of land being built on.

How to map

Map an outline of the land being built and add landuse=construction.

Additional tags

• construction=residential (the kind of construction, usually what the landuse-tag should be when the construction is complete)
• name=*
• operator=The Building Company Ltd
• opening_date=* can be used to indicate the date the feature opened or construction of the feature finished (do not use end_date=*)

Tags on additional objects

• building=construction to map single buildings which are under construction. Usually you would use landuse=construction to tag the whole construction area, which is generally bigger than the building outline(s), and create new, separate objects for the under-construction buildings with this tag.

Nodes

As with many other tag such as building=* or landuse=cemetery mapping such features as areas is highly preferable. But in some cases one may be able to mark location of a construction site but unable to mark its area.

Similar/alternative tags

• landuse=greenfield - Land scheduled for new development where there have been no buildings before. A greenfield site is scheduled to turn into a construction site at some point in the future, though the timing may be unclear
• landuse=brownfield - Brownfield is a land which was previously developed which is not currently in use
• Proposed features/Wasteland - Past tag proposal for land not used for anything - not maintained or with any planned use.

See also

• highway=construction - A highway (road, track or path) currently under construction
• Original proposal for this tag

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