Key:ruins

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Description
For features which are in ruins. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: in use

This tag is used in two ways:

  • as ruins=yes to indicate that a structure is in ruins,
  • as a sub-tag of historic=ruins to define the historic structure that is in ruins.

ruins=yes

ruins=yes is used in conjunction with a tag representing a structure to indicate that the structure is in ruins, e.g. historic=castle + ruins=yes or building=yes + ruins=yes

Notes:

  • Most data consumers don't evaluate the tag ruins=yes and thus handle the structure as it were intact. It is especially problematic for features such as amenity=hospital where ruins=yes would be a trolltag. For this reason, an unknown part of mappers advise not to use ruins=yes.[1] As an alternative, historic=ruins together with a ruins=* sub-tag is often used for historical ruins (see section Sub-tag of historic=ruins below) and the lifecycle prefix ruins:* for non-historic features. Though for some features, such as castles - also a ruined one fulfils very similar function (tourism attraction) so ruins=yes is not always a very big problem.
  • Some mappers use ruins=yes for structures that are still recognisable for what they once used to be, and historic=ruins or ruins:* for structures that are no longer recognisable for what they used to be (e.g. where only the foundation walls are still visible).
Tagging with ruins=yes Alternative tagging
historic=castle + ruins=yes historic=ruins + ruins=castle
building=yes + ruins=yes ruins:building=yes

Sub-tag of historic=ruins

ruins=* is used in conjunction with historic=ruins to define the historic structure that is in ruins, e.g. historic=ruins + ruins=church. Some used values are:

Key Value Description
ruins chapel Ruins of a historic chapel
ruins church Ruins of a historic church
ruins castle Ruins of a historic castle
ruins fort Ruins of a historic fort
ruins tower Ruins of a historic tower
ruins monastery Ruins of a historic monastery
ruins mosque Ruins of a historic mosque
ruins temple Ruins of a historic temple
ruins wall Ruins of a historic wall

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