Place
 Feature page: Place
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| Description |
| The place tag is used on a single node to mark the centre of a named settlement as well as on the whole area to mark its extent. |
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The place=* tag is used to identify the location of settlements, including city, town, village, hamlets etc and also other named places from the very large (continents and oceans) down to the very small.
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How to map
A place can be both a single node or an area (closed way) or both.
The simple and most common approach is to place a node roughly in the perceived centre of the place, for example the town or village square to the central in terms of transport routes / city density or next to a central monument.
It is also possible to create an area for the place or combine both methods. To create a closed way around the perimeter of the place as follows:
- Create one or more ways marking the boundary, tagged boundary=administrative with appropriate admin_level=*.
- Create a Relation:boundary relation (or Relation:multipolygon) with boundary=administrative and appropriate admin_level=*.
- Add the boundary ways to the relation without a role or with outer/inner roles like the Multipolygon.
If there is also a node then tag the node within the relation with a role of "admin_centre".
Human settlements
| Settlement | subdivision level 1 | subdivision level 2 |
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| place=city | place=suburb | place=neighbourhood |
| place=town | place=suburb for larger town or place=neighbourhood for smaller one | place=neighbourhood for a large town with suburbs |
| place=village | place=neighbourhood for larger villages | |
| place=hamlet |
Other places
To be added..
Proposals
See also
- FAQ: What makes a road belong to a city? for a description how to apply the tag to nodes and areas.
