Tag:building=school
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 building = school
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A generic school building. 
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For any generic school buildings. Buildings for specific uses (sports halls etc) should be tagged for their purpose.
Use amenity=school for the perimeter of the school grounds (or amenity=college or amenity=kindergarten).
There is a similar tag used for universities building=university
How to map
- The school building fills the school ground completely
Map the outline of the area
of the building and add the tags amenity=school and building=school. Of course you can add name=* and address as well.
- The school ground is larger than the building
Map the whole area of school grounds including all the buildings and add tags amenity=school and name=*.
Add the tags building=school to every school building, and appropriate tags to buildings that have no classrooms, such as building=shed.
You can use tags amenity=college or amenity=kindergarten as well depending on the school's level.
Possible tagging mistakes
If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!