Tag:highway=raceway
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Description |
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A racetrack for motorised racing, e.g. cars, motorbikes and karts. ![]() |
Rendering in OSM Carto |
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Group: highways |
Used on these elements |
Useful combination |
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Status: de facto |
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A racetrack for motorised racing; e.g., cars, motorbikes and karts.
How to map
Create a line along the raceway like you map other roads with
highway=*
.
It is useful to add a relevant sport=*
tag such as sport=karting
, sport=motocross
, sport=rc_car
, sport=motor
.
For small raceways like for sport=karting
or sport=motocross
where the exact course of the road is not well-defined or often changes, you can map the whole site as an area and add the tag
area=yes
.
If the course of the road is well-defined and does not change, but you want to detail the shape of the raceway, you may use the proposed tag area:highway=raceway
, mapping the shape of the road as an area in addition to the course of the road as a
line. This is controversial - see Talk:Tag:highway=raceway#Mapping as an area.
For the entire area of the motorsport facility, use leisure=sports_centre
or leisure=stadium
with sport=*
.
Related keys
Key | Value | Elements | Comment |
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raceway=*
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start /finish /start-finish
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Marks the start and end of the track. In cases where this is the same node then a value of start-finish .
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See also
leisure=sports_centre
leisure=stadium
sport=motor
sport=karting
sport=motocross
- type=circuit A proposed relation type than can be used for mapping on-street circuits
Possible tagging mistakes
Do not use both leisure=track
and highway=raceway
on the same way, except cases where the same way is used both for motor racing and non-motorised racing.
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