Key:building
From OpenStreetMap
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 building |
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| Description: To mark the outline of a building. |
| Group: Man made |
| Element: help
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| Tagwatch: help |
Summary
The building Key is used to mark areas as a building.
Some ways to get the outline of the building:
- Aerial photographs (e.g. Yahoo! Aerial Imagery or OpenAerialMap)
- Observations from street level, or even walking around the edge of the building taking a GPS trace.
See also
- shop=* - (to indicate that the building is used as a specific shop)
- amenity=* - (to describe what the building is used for for example school, theatre, bank, ...)
- Relations/Proposed/Buildings - (to group buildings and other related things together)
Tagging
The most used tag scheme is building=yes. The following proposals deal with an extension of this scheme.
- Proposed features/Building - (allow other values than yes)
- Proposed features/Building attributes - (extend the building key with some attributes)
Some Examples
