Key:map_type
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| Description |
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| Specifies the type of a map. |
| Group: tourism |
| Used on these elements |
| Documented values: 4 |
| Requires |
| Status: de facto |
| Tools for this tag |
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map_type=*What type of map is it?
| key=value | Description | Example/photo |
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map_type=topo
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A map with topographical background for e.g. a historical or hiking map. The map contains contour lines. | |
map_type=street
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A map with all streets or ways of an area. The streets are mostly named. The angles, distances etc. are accurate. Used e.g. at tourist offices for the accommodation overview. | |
map_type=scheme
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A sketched map with only important ways and POIs. The angles, distances etc. are merely illustrative, not accurate. Used e.g. by travel agencies to explain their tours. | |
map_type=toposcope
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A marker erected on high places which indicates the direction to notable landscape features which can be seen from that point (associated with tourism=viewpoint).
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map_type=*
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All commonly used values according to Taginfo |



