Key:maintenance

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Description
State of maintenance of a feature, or how it is maintained Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)use on relations unspecified
Documented values: 1
Status: in use

maintenance=* is a de-facto tag which has been used to describe details what is done to maintain a highway=* by its owners.

See also snowplowing=* and winter_service=*.

Rarely it has been used to specify the subjective the general state of maintenance of a feature, but this may be subjective.

Common values

Key Value Meaning Usage within the database
maintenance gritting This feature is gritted in freezing conditions. Common, typically on UK highways.
maintenance salting This feature is salted in freezing conditions. Common, typically on UK highways.
maintenance ok The feature is in a good state of repair, or is frequently maintained. Uncommon, but probably fairly unambiguous.
maintenance poor The feature is in a poor state of repair or suffers from poor maintenance, but can still be used. Handful of objects.
maintenance no The feature is unmaintained, but still operational. Suggested. Semantically viable.
maintenance needs_repair The feature is operational, but in need of repair. Suggested. Semantically viable.
maintenance * User-defined values You may use your own values. Be descriptive and terse, and check taginfo first. Document any values you use commonly here.

Rare values

Key Value Meaning Usage within the database
maintenance poor The feature is in a poor state of repair or suffers from poor maintenance. A few hundred uses
maintenance ok The feature is in an acceptable state of repair. A hundred uses
maintenance no The feature is unmaintained. Rare
maintenance needs_repair The feature is in need of repair. Rare
maintenance * User-defined values You may use your own values. Be descriptive and terse, and check taginfo first. Document any values you use commonly here.

Caveats

Better tagging schemes exist for features whose lack of maintenance has rendered them unusable for their intended purpose: see below.

See also