Key:description
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Description |
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To provide additional information about the related element to the end map user. ![]() |
Group: annotations |
Used on these elements |
Status: approved![]() |
Tools for this tag |
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The description=*
tag can be used to provide additional information about the related element to the end map user, possibly using a pop-up or similar. Text should be kept short; a few words or perhaps one to three sentences at most. Longer information can be provided by tagging a link to Wikipedia or other external website using wikipedia=*
, wikidata=*
, url=*
or website=*
.
Use note=*
for information which is for use by other mappers (for example a note indicating that the aerial imagery should not be believed or similar).
No redundant information
The description should not simply be a repetition of information that is already contained in other tags. For example, do not add "house" as a description for a building=house
.
No advertising
The description should only include neutral and factual information about the object. It should not include subjective evaluations, e.g. "the best restaurant in town", "modern, comfortable hotel, in the heart of the city". Do not use description=*
for advertising messages. They will be removed as spam and may also have further consequences for your OSM account.
Other languages
description=*
(local language)description:de=*
(de: German)description:en=*
(en: English)
Examples
historic=monument
name=First Fleet Monument
description=This is where the first colonial settlement fleet to Australia landed in 1741.
or
highway=footway
description=Muddy in wet weather
bicycle:description=Ridable along most of the way but has sections with tree roots
emergency:description=for emergency-values
Related tags
mtb:description=*
- mountain bike relevant descriptionbicycle:description=*
description:bicycle=*
whitewater:description=*
similar for whitewater- DisabilityDescription
wheelchair:description:en=*
(or the language code that corresponds to the language the tag's value is in)deaf:description:en=*
blind:description:en=*
inscription=*
- for the text of inscriptions on objectsnote=*
- for adding notes to yourself and your fellow mapperswebsite=*
- for providing a link to a general external websiteurl=*
- general related URLurl:bathing_water=*
- URL about bathing waterurl:restrictions=*
- URL about restrictionswikipedia=*
- for providing a wikipedia.org linklocalwiki=*
- for providing a localwiki.org link
See also
- Proposed features/Description
- more description: type tags : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=description:#keys