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On this page you can find the rarely used points of interest, which are in relation with mapping railway stations. The list is constantly being updated by the OSM-Community and therefore it is always up-to-date. The aim is to reflect the guidelines for modeling real features. We are thankful for any annotations and comments: MENTZ Kontakt

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Points of Interest in OSM

Taginfo shows how often the certain tags are used

Basics

This page should provide an overview about the POIs, which are used in OSM. By clicking on an element (POI-Tag) ,a detailed description, the most common application and the possible combinations with other tags will be shown.

Use

On the top right is always an information box, where the most important elements of a feature can be found.

Below is a list with tags, which are usually being combined with the feature. Furthermore we can see, if the POI should be used as a node, way, closed way (area=yes) or as a relation. Finally it is also stated, if the POI is accepted.

It is possible, that some tags are automatically implicated. An Anliegerstraße has always additional tags, e.g. foot=*, bicycle=* und access=*). Other useful additional tags like the street name (name=*) or oneway streets (oneway=*) are suggested as well.

The possibilites of adding more tags is unlimited, but for every element the most useful tags have enforced in the community. In our example with the street, the tags (maxspeed=*), (lanes=*) and (surface=*) have enforced.

POI

Craft

This is used as a place that produces or processes customised goods. See the page Crafts for more information on the usage of these tags.

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Emergency

This is used to describe the location of emergency facilities and equipment. See the page Emergency for an introduction on its usage.

Medical rescue

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Firefighters

See also amenity=fire_station.

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Lifeguards

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Assembly point

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Other structure

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Historic

This is used to describe various historic places. For example: archeological sites, wrecks, ruins, castles and ancient buildings. See the page titled Historic for an introduction on its usage.

Key	Value	Element	Comment	Rendering	Photo
historic	aircraft		A decommissioned aircraft which generally remains in one place
historic	aqueduct		A historic structure to convey water
historic	archaeological_site		A place in which evidence of past activity is preserved
historic	battlefield		The site of a battle or military skirmish in the past. This could be on land or at sea.
historic	bomb_crater		A bomb crater.
historic	building		If it's not clear what type a historic building has, it can be tagged as a generic building.
historic	cannon		A historic/retired cannon. Usually found at on forts or battlefields.
historic	castle		Castles are (often fortified) buildings from medieval and modern times. Other languages
historic	castle_wall		A  defensive wall (fortification) surrounding the  bailey of a castle.
historic	charcoal_pile		Historic site of a charcoal pile. Often still in good condition in hilly forest areas.
historic	church		A building with historical value for Christian religious activities, particularly for worship services.
historic	city_gate		A  city gate (or town gate) is a gate within a city wall.
historic	citywalls		A  defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city or settlement from potential aggressors.
historic	farm		A historical farm, kept in its original state.
historic	fort		A military fort – distinct from a castle as it is generally more modern
historic	gallows		A structure designed for capital punishment by hanging.
historic	highwater_mark		A marker for indicating past flood.
historic	locomotive		A decommissioned locomotive which generally remains in one place.
historic	manor		Historic  manors /  mansions
historic	memorial		Much like a monument, but smaller. Might range from a WWII memorial to a simple plate on a wall.
historic	mine		Abandoned underground mine workings for minerals such as coal or lead.
historic	mine_shaft		Vertical shafts of a historic mine
historic	milestone		A historic marker that shows the distance to important destinations.
historic	monastery		An historic monastery. See Also amenity=monastery.
historic	monument		A memorial object, which is especially large (one can go inside, walk on or through it) or high enough (see the examples), built to remember, show respect to a person or group of people or to commemorate an event. Other languages
historic	optical_telegraph		Historic optical telegraph
historic	pillory		A construction designed to immobilitate and humiliate a person who was convicted in lower courts.
historic	railway_car		A decommissioned railway car which generally remains in one place.
historic	ruins		Remains of structures that were once complete, but have fallen into partial or complete disrepair. If the type of original structure is known or apparent it can be described using ruins=*, e.g. ruins=castle. Alternative tagging is historic=castle, ruins=yes. See the proposal and discussion at Proposed features/ruins for ruins of historic buildings.
historic	rune_stone		A  runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription.
historic	ship		A decommissioned ship or submarine
historic	stone		A stone shaped or placed by man with historical value.
historic	tank		A decommissioned tank which generally remains in one place.
historic	tomb		Historic tomb
historic	tower		Historic tower
historic	tree_shrine		A single tree of a religious figure mounted onto a tree. Use natural=tree + historic=wayside_shrine instead.
historic	vehicle		A decommissioned land-based vehicle which generally remains in one place
historic	wayside_cross		A historical (usually christian) cross. Frequently found along the way in Southern Germany, Austria and probably elsewhere.
historic	wayside_shrine		A historical shrine often showing a religious depiction. Frequently found along the way in Southern Germany, Austria and probably elsewhere.
historic	wreck		Nautical craft that has unintentionally been sunk or destroyed.
historic	yes		Used to add the historic significance of the objects described by other tags.
historic	user defined		All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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