Tag:attraction=animal
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A place where animals are kept in captivity, such as at a zoo. ![]() |
Group: animals |
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Useful combination |
Status: de facto![]() |
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The tag attraction=animal
is used to map where animals are kept in captivity as part of a tourism attraction (e.g. a cage or in an aquarium). Found in zoos and animal parks.
How to map
Create an area and tag it attraction=animal
.
If you are not sure of its border, you can place a single node in the middle and tag it attraction=animal
.
Tags used in combination
name=*
- the name of the attraction, if anyanimal=*
- the common name of animals (separated with ";" if several)species=*
- the scientific names of animalsspecies:wikidata=*
- the wikidata item for the species. Please usewikidata=*
andwikipedia=*
directly only for cases where there is entry about this specific enclosure.
tourism=attraction
for cases where it is a tourism attraction
Possible tagging mistakes
People often map natural=*
or landuse=*
or tourism=attraction
on the same object to force rendering. First two are violation of One feature, one OSM element and adding tourism=attraction
is sometimes questionable.
See also
For animal enclosures for domestic and farm animals (not zoo attractions) see landuse=animal_keeping
and landuse=farmyard
.