Tag:building=barn
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An agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace. ![]() |
Rendering in OSM Carto |
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Group: Buildings |
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Status: de facto |
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The tag building=barn can be used to tag a building as a 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
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A building that is used as a barn. |
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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:
- building=stable - identifies a building as a stable for horses.
- building=sty - is used if pigs are kept
- building=cowshed - in case of cows.