Key:military

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Description
The military tag is for buildings and land used by the military (Navy, Army, Airforce, Marines). Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: military
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 21
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

Usage

Tags with the military key are used for buildings and land used by the Army, Navy, Air Force and any other kind of military or paramilitary service in the host country (see military_service=*). There's also landuse=military for tagging land areas owned/used by the military for whatever purpose.

Legality

In some territories,[1][2][3] it is illegal to create maps of military facilities, or even mapping their location. With the act of surveying on-the-ground OSMers may be particularly at risk of attracting legal consequences, even in more liberal countries. Laws and sensitivity in general will vary depending on the type of facility. Some countries also have laws prohibiting the creation of such maps from aerial imagery, and even the use and distribution of maps containing this information. Clearly such activities can take place outside of the law's jurisdiction. A further dimension to the problem though, is that using OpenStreetMap can be illegal when other contributors have mapped these things. There's further discussion here at Talk:Key:military and elsewhere. In general you are advised to exercise caution and know your rights related to mapping military facilities.

Values

See below for details of common values for this key:

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Possible tagging mistakes

  • military=yes ‒ See if this value can be replaced by a more specific one
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

References