Tag:man_made=works

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Public-images-osm logo.svg man_made = works
Factory.svg
Description
A factory or industrial production plant Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Rendering-man-made-works.svg
Group: man made
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not 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: de factoPage for proposal

The term works is used to denote an industrial production plant, also known as a factory.

How to map

Draw a polygon around the whole area of the production site and tag accordingly.

When increasing the level of detail, it is also possible to use this tag for individual production units inside a factory (e.g. where separate components are produced at a car plant) thus justifying separate tagging from the main area.

Note that historically this tag has been used for buildings where industrial production activity takes place. This article was edited after a discussion on the Tagging mailing list, to shift the meaning from a production facility building, to an area that may include multiple such buildings and related infrastructure. More than half of all usage cases for the tag are combined with building=* (as of April 2021).

If you want to tag a single industrial building, not necessarily housing a production facility, please use building=industrial.

Stuff produced

If you want to specify what is produced you can use the key product=*.

Food products

Other

Examples

  • Car assembly plant
  • Aluminium extrusion plant
  • Brewery
  • Furniture plant
  • Oil refinery
  • Plastic recycling facility

See also

Possible tagging mistakes

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If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!