User:Mapper999/Key:university

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Description
Institutions, rooms and other facilities in universities Show/edit corresponding data item.
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination
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Used to map institutions, rooms and other facilities in universities.

How to Map

Use the university tag to map institutions, rooms and other facilities in a university. If you don't find a matching value in the list, use taginfo and invent your own value. Also add additional tags if applicable.

Do not add amenity=university to each feature. This should only be added once per university for the whole area.

Tagging

Use one of the following values or invent your own:

Key Value Comment How to use
university campus Campus of a university Mark the area of the campus
university faculty A faculty is a division within a university comprising one subject area If possible mark the area, that belongs to the faculty, alternatively mark the place where the secretary is situated.
university institute Institute in a university If possible mark the area, that belongs to the institute, alternatively mark the place where the secretary is situated.
university student_association Students Associations, e.g students' unions, student governments etc. If possible mark the area, that belongs to the student association, alternatively add a node where the offices are situated.
university lecture_hall Big rooms where lectures are held Mark the area of the lecture hall if known or add a node in the building
university seminar_room Smaller rooms for group work and tutorials Mark the area of the seminar room if known or add a node in the building
university computer_lab Rooms where students can work on computers Mark the area of the room if known or add a node in the building
university lab Laboratory where experiments can be done Mark the area of the room if known, if not add a node in the building
university workshop Workshop where students can work with tools Mark the area of the room if known or add a node in the building
university art_room Rooms to do drawings and build models, e.g. for architects Mark the area of the room if known or add a node in the building


Additional you can add one of the following tags:

Key Value Comment
name <name> Name
ref <number> Number of the room or building
level <level> Number of the level the room is situated on.
capacity <capacity> How many seats are there in a lecture hall or a room
opening_hours <opening hours> When is the room / the secretary opened


See also