Tag:building=barn

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Public-images-osm logo.svg building = barn
EJFrykBarn.jpg
Description
An agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace. Edit or translate this description.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Area building=yes.png
Group: Buildings
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areasshould not be used on relations
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

The tag building=barn can be used to tag a building as a [W] barn i.e. an agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace.

How to map

Map the building as usual and tag it with building=barn or alternatively as building=* with a different value and the tag building:use=barn. The latter variant is recommended in case the building was not originally built as a barn but is now used as one.

Examples

Tags Description
area building=barn A building that is used as a barn.
area
building=*
building:use=barn
The building is now used as a barn, but was not originally built as one.

Disambiguation

If animals are kept in the barn other tags can be used:

Related tags