Tag:building=semidetached_house

building = semidetached_house
Description
A house that shares a common wall with another on one side.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: Buildings
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See also
building=house building=terrace building=semi
Status: in use
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A house that is attached to another house on one side. Also known as a duplex.

Interconnected homes of more than two units (commonly called a "triplex", "quadruplex", or more generally a “multiplex” should be tagged as building=terrace or building=house, depending on the configuration of the units.

Similar Tags

The tag building=semi serves the same purpose as building=semidetached_house, but has only a fraction of the uses.

Alternate tagging

Some mappers prefer to map this a building=house + house=semi-detached.

Possible Tagging Mistakes

building=duplex

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More details at taginfo

• building=duplex

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See Also

• building=terrace - The outline of a linear row of residential dwellings, each of which normally has its own entrance, which form a terrace ("row-house" or "townhouse" in North American English).
• building=house - A single dwelling unit usually inhabited by one family