Tag:building=public
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 building = public
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A building constructed as accessible to the general 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 general 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 meaning
- building=government
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