Key:residential
 residential
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Subtag of landuse=residential used to denote urban from rural areas 
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| Group: Landuse |
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| Documented values: 7 |
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| Status: in use |
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This tag is used together with landuse=residential to mark the "type" of residential area.
Note that landuse=residential tags, including this subtag, are to be used on larger areas of land, not on individual buildings.
Usage
| Tag | Description | TagInfo |
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| residential=urban | Urban residential landuse. | |
| residential=rural | Rural, mostly undeveloped residential landuse. | |
| residential=apartments | The outline of an apartment complex. Implies residential=urban.
Note: this tag is for an apartment complex consisting of apartment buildings, car parking, landscaping, etc, on one site. For a stand-alone apartment building, which may or may not form part of a larger apartment complex, use building=apartments. |
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| residential=trailer_park | A residential area consisting of prefabricated houses or static caravans (mobile homes) stationed on small lots on a long-term basis. | |
| residential=halting_site | A halting site (or a halting bay site) is purpose-built residential accommodation for Travellers provided by a local municipal authority. The halting site has an individual bay for each family unit with a full range of services provided in a small structure on each bay. |
Minor values / other usages
residential=* is a sub-tag used by various people to refine the meaning of landuse=residential, into finer categories.
There is no strong consensus on which categories to use in this subtag. See the taginfo list of current values used.
Proposed approaches include:
- Proposed features/residential=gated - Residential community with strictly controlled entrances, enclosed by a perimeter of walls/fences/etc.
- residential=university
- Talk:Key:landuse#Refining landuse=residential
- Talk:Tag:landuse=residential#Further refining: residential=*.
See also SK53 2011 blog on augmenting residential land use.
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