Tag:building=public
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A building constructed as accessible to the public (town hall, police station, court house). ![]() |
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The tag building=public
is used for a building constructed as accessible to the public, for example, to house an amenity=townhall
, amenity=police
, amenity=courthouse
or some type of office=government
.
Use amenity=*
, leisure=*
or office=*
etc to specify the current use.
Please, use more specific value if possible. For example building=office
for office building is strictly preferable.
See also
building=civic
is that with basically the same meaningbuilding=government