Tag:tourism=information
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Description |
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Information for tourists and visitors, including information offices ![]() |
Group: tourism |
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An information source for tourists, travellers and visitors. May include:
- Tourist information centres and offices.
- Map boards, such as town maps, site maps, hiking, and other sport trail maps.
- Informational boards specifically for tourists.
- Informational boards showing details about local history, wildlife, etc.
- Guideposts and waymarkers
How to map
Add a node or draw an area
, depending on the type of facility. Tag the node or area with
tourism=information
and information=*
(see below). Other useful tags:
name=*
description=*
Values
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information | office | ![]() ![]() |
An office where you can get information about a town or region. | ![]() |
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information | visitor_centre | ![]() ![]() |
A place where you can get information about a specific attraction or place of interest. | ![]() | |
information | board | ![]() |
A board with information. To describe it closer, have a look at board_type=* .
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information | stele | ![]() |
A stele for information. | ![]() | |
information | terminal | ![]() |
A information terminal provides information access via electronic methods. Mostly it is combined with access to the internet. (See internet_access=* .)
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information | audioguide | ![]() |
A place where you can get information using headphones or a mobile phone. | ![]() |
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information | map | ![]() |
A board with a map. To specify the type or shown details, have a look at map_type=* and map_size=* in information=map . To describe the access to the shown routes or the kind of route use the keys e.g hiking=yes , bicycle=yes , mtb=yes , horse=yes or ski=yes .
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information | tactile_map | ![]() |
Tactile maps are maps for the blind, also known as haptic maps. | ![]() |
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information | tactile_model | ![]() |
Tactile models are models for the blind representing buildings and surroundings. | ![]() | |
information | guidepost | ![]() |
Signposts/Guideposts are often found along official hiking/cycling routes to indicate the directions to different destinations. To describe the access to the shown routes or the kind of route use the keys e.g hiking=yes , bicycle=yes , mtb=yes , horse=yes or ski=yes .
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information | post | ![]() |
A small pole, erected vertically, with information on the top or sides that may be inscribed, or on a small plaque. Somewhat similar to an information=stele, but smaller. | ![]() | |
information | ![]() |
A marker that shows the position of the way of a route. Could be a symbol, a short pole or a painted marking. Note that two partially equivalent tag values are used: a more popular |
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information | user defined | ![]() ![]() |
All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
Possible synonyms
See also
- Proposal:Top-level information tag - proposal to separate
tourism=information
frominformation=*