Key:entrance

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Public-images-osm logo.svg entrance
SF City Hall door.JPG
Description
To mark the location of an entrance. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: man made
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysshould not be used on areasshould not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 12
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

The entrance=* key describes the point where you can go into a building or enclosed area (such as a zoo, theme park, cemetery grounds etc). Different values are used to denote the importance or type of entrance. The entrance node should be placed on the building/area's way (i.e. its outline).

For internal doors, see indoor and Simple Indoor Tagging.
For routing access points to large areas without physical entrances/doors, see barrier=entrance when there is otherwise a physical barrier or Key:routing:entrance when there is no physical feature (barrier or fence)

Tagging

Key Value Element Comment Carto rendering Photo
entrance yes Mf node.svg An entrance exists at this position to a building or enclosed area. At point where you can enter or leave the building or the area. Carto entrance yes.png Rect.svg
Wien - Opernring - Entrance Burggarten - View NE on ´Der Alte´ (Franz Joseph).jpg
entrance main Mf node.svg The main entrance of a building or enclosed area. Carto entrance main.png Entrance main.svg
SF City Hall door.JPG
entrance secondary Mf node.svg An additional entry, often used only for events or at special times.
RenaissanceCollegeHK (cropped).jpg
entrance service Mf node.svg A backdoor to a building or enclosed area often only for employees or for delivering. Carto entrance service.png Entrance.svg
Victoria House, Bloomsbury (1) Service entrance at night.jpg
entrance exit Mf node.svg It is not an entrance, it is a one-way out of a building or enclosed area. You find it at some larger shops, museums or theme parks.
Consider using exit=*
Ausgang Vivarium DA.JPG
entrance entrance Mf node.svg It is an entrance only, it is a one-way in to a building or enclosed area. You find it at some larger shops, museums or theme parks.
entrance emergency Mf node.svg An emergency exit is a one-way out of a building in case of fire. It is often combined with a fire alarm box. See also exit=emergency for these.
PublicInformationSymbol EmergencyExit.svg
entrance staircase[1][2] Mf node.svg Door to staircase. Carto entrance yes.png Rect.svg
Madeira - Door and staircase in Câmara de Lobos.jpg
entrance home[1] Mf node.svg Door to a private house, home or an apartment. Carto entrance yes.png Rect.svg
Sam Brown House, door.JPG
entrance garage[1] Mf node.svg Door to a garage.
Garage door.JPG
entrance shop[1] Mf node.svg Direct entrance to a shop, which is not a main entrance.
Shop entrance in an apartment building.jpg
entrance no Mf node.svg It looks like an entrance, i.e. there is a door and possibly a housenumber displayed here, but it cannot be used to access the building (e.g. the door is permanently sealed).

This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.

How to place nodes tagged with "entrance".

Please use the access=* values to describe who is allowed to enter.

  • access=yes The public has an official, legally-enshrined right of access.
  • access=delivery Access only for delivering goods to or from a customer.
  • access=private Access only with key, keycard or similar. Look here for additional subtags.
  • access=no Access is not allowed. (osm-Carto rendering: Rectdiag.svg)

If you don't need a key to go out from a building or restricted area, you can mark this with exit=yes. This tagging has sense, if rules for exit are different from rules for entrance.

Accessibility combinations

  • You can use level=* to indicate the floor on which the entrance is located (level=0 aka ground floor is the default)
  • Use wheelchair=yes to describe the entrance possibilities for a wheelchair user.
  • You can add width=* to indicate small doors for wheelchair routing.
  • You can add automatic_door=* to indicate automatic doors for wheelchair users (and the detection method) and to warn visually impaired / blind users.
  • You can add door=* to indicate the door type - some door types can be opened by some wheelchair users.
  • You can add name=* to identify a specific entrance when there are multiple choices for pick-up or delivery.

Rendering

Entrances and addresses

Main article: Addresses

If address is related not to whole building, but to individual staircases/entrances, tags entrance=main/staircase/home, addr:housenumber=* and addr:street=* should be added to main entrances to staircases (or to houses). Use ref=* for marking "inner" number of staircase (not to be confused with "outer" address, which some staircases have - for such addresses we should use addr:housenumber=*). addr:housenumber=* is put to one of entrances to staircase, ref=* can be marked to several entrances (also to service entrances to staircases).

Use addr:flats=* for marking all flats inside the staircase, for example, addr:flats=1-20. (This entrance leads to flats/apartments with numbers from 1 to 20 inclusive). If there are gaps in numbering, use semicolons: addr:flats=3-7;10;14;16-18.

If there is only one flat or unit behind the door addr:unit=* is more common. See addr=* for more.

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!
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!
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!
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!

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 This value is not in original proposal, but is widely used.
  2. Actually, it was discussed in the Talk page of the proposal. But has a different meaning than described on this page.