Key:place

Key Name: place

Applying to Map Features type: Naming

Key Variations

• place
  • Value determines the size of the city/town/village:

<tag k="place" v="city">    Population 100.000 and over
<tag k="place" v="town">    Population between 10.000 and 100.000
<tag k="place" v="village"> Population below 10.000

• place_name
• place_numbers
• postal_code

Core values

None

User Defined values

Any valid syntax value.

Examples:

Transport mode restrictions

<tag k="place_name" v="Sutton Coldfield"/> References a line segment way or area to a location

<tag k="place_numbers" v="12-28,19-35"/> All the inclusive property numbers for the segment or way

<tag k="postal_code" v="B72"/> References the common postal code reference for a line segment way or area

Notes

The place_name is not used for Nodes. The "name" keys would be used to specifically label a node as a location.

May apply to:

• <node>s: No
• Lines <segment>s: Yes
• <way>s: Yes
• <area>s: Yes

Last edit

Page created by Blackadder 17:30, 17 Mar 2006 (UTC)

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