Tag:man_made=sign

man_made = sign
Description
A sign displaying a message.
Group: man made
Used on these elements
Useful combination
inscription=* message=*
Status: in use
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Sign is an permanent physical object displaying messages, like entrance sign of place or city, political sign. It's a structure placed in a field or in a prominent place to inform, guide, or propagandise.

Only use this tag if they are robustly constructed and intended to last for quite some time.

How to map

Node

• Create a node in the center of the object and tag it with man made=sign. Most common usage.

Way

• Create an way for lengthy but narrow signs and tag it with man made=sign.

Area

• Create an area of the grounds and tag it with man made=sign.

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Example

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Similar tags

• advertising=sign - used for advertising signs, neon signs, logos & institutional entrance signs
• traffic_sign=* - Traffic signs give instructions or provide information to road users
• traffic_sign=city_limit - City-limit sign
• sign=* - A sign may be used for traffic, restrictions, and other
• information=name
• information=board - An information board, such as a noticeboard or interpretive sign.
• board_type=welcome_sign - A sign welcoming users to a place/city, without further (detailed) information about the place
• historic=epigraph - A historic inscription on an object
• information=guidepost - Used to mark a guidepost/signpost
• historic=memorial + memorial=plaque - Specifies a memorial as a plaque

Alias

Such areas may be known under following names:

• "slogan sign"

See also

• Commons Category
• Discussion at OSM Forum

Related terms: ‹ slogan sign ›