Key:area

+/- area Description Used to mark that a specific feature is a general area. Group Properties Element help Useful combination Implies Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list)

See also Area

The Tag area=yes should be used with a closed Way to define an Area (polygon). Some closed ways (for example landuse=*) are assumed to be areas, but others, such as highway=footway are assumed to be closed Polylines unless they also have a area=yes tag as well. Areas can also be described using one or more ways which are associated with a relation:multipolygon relation.

area=yes, in the context of roads, indicates that the area has no street lines within it (i.e. there is no given direction of the area, otherwise use linear features). In the case of squares, piazzas, etc. it is a common way to map a closed way tagged with highway=pedestrian and area=yes at the outer limits of the square and then eventually overlay other ways in the center of the position of roads that cross the square (that are marked as roads on the square) with highway=* as usual. Be sure to connect the pedestrian-area at all intersections with the streets.