Tag:advertising=sign
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| Sign, used for advertising signs, neon signs, logos & institutional entrance signs. |
| Group: advertising |
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| Useful combination |
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| Status: de facto |
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Sign, for example on roofs or facades of commercial buildings, used to identify the business, or promote a product or service. Also used for neon signs (use luminous=*), logos & place signs/institutional entrance signs (like schools, power plants, wastewater treatment plants, landfills, large hospital or university campuses, etc.). Can be used for "ghost signs", signs for no longer existing or renamed businesses/services.
Combinations
name=*– if the sign is well known enough to have a common nameinscription=*– the text on the signlit=*– the sign is lit, i.e. lights are positioned to reflect off it making it visible at nightluminous=*– indicates whether the sign is luminous, i.e. it directly emits some light, rather than just having lights reflected off it.animated=*– indicates whether the sign is animated, and the way it is animated.material=*– what the sign is made of (stone, metal, etc.)location=*– indicates sign position; most common values are:
Examples
Advertising sign examples
This section provides examples on how to tag advertising sign devices.
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| A mast, with signs on one or more levels, aligned in 3 directions. The signs are attached to the mast or a cantilever. The mast can be on private or public land. The signs can be seen from a very long distance. Due to the height of the mast and the size of the panels, the tower can serve as a guide when approaching the shopping park. |
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See also
board_type=welcome_sign– For welcome signs in the form of information boards, not separate, free-standing signs.man_made=sign- A sign displaying a messagesign=*- various signstraffic_sign=*- Traffic signs give instructions or provide information to road users




