Tag:building=public

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Public-images-osm logo.svg building = public
Dominion Public Building.JPG
Description
A building constructed as accessible to the general public (town hall, police station, court house). Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
Area building=yes.png
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

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

Common tagging mistakes

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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!