Tag:building=container

building = container
Description
A container used as a permanent building.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Status: de facto
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building=container - a container used as a permanent building.

Note: This is for containers used as a permanent buildings. Building-containers placed for a relatively short term are not mappable. And containers at container terminals or being shipped are definitely not acting as buildings.

Note that building=container is more appropriate than building=school when container is used as a school building. building=* is marking building form, not its current use. See amenity=school for marking school and building:use=* for the current building use.

The same applies for other amenities and POIs.

Mapping

Mark the area of the container and add the tag building=container.

See also

• building=*
• building=demountable - for demountable buildings used in a semi-permanent way (eg. on the school campus for years)
• building:prefabricated=* (arguably this is implied by building=container)
• Shipping container architecture.