Tag:information=map
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 information = map
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A board with a map 
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| Rendering in OSM Carto |
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| Group: Tourism |
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| Status: de facto |
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A board with a map.
How to map
Add a node 
where the map is located, and add tourism=information + information=map.
To describe the access to the shown routes use the access-keys e.g.:
Map type
| key=value | Description | Example/photo |
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| map_type=topo | A map with topographical background for e.g. a historical or hiking map. The map contains contour lines. | |
| map_type=street | A map with all streets or ways of an area. The streets are mostly named. The angles, distances etc. are accurate. Used e.g. at tourist offices for the accommodation overview. | |
| map_type=scheme | A sketched map with only important ways and POIs. The angles, distances etc. are merely illustrative, not accurate. Used e.g. by travel agencies to explain their tours. | |
| map_type=toposcope | A marker erected on high places which indicates the direction to notable landscape features which can be seen from that point (associated with tourism=viewpoint). |  |
| map_type=* | All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
Map size
| key=value | Description | Example/photo |
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| map_size=site | A map of special site, like of a historical castle. | |
| map_size=city | A map of a city. | |
| map_size=landscape | A map for the landscape, for example with map_type=toposcope | |
| map_size=region | A map for a larger area. | |
| map_size=* | All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
Map source
| key=value | Description | Example/photo |
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| map_source=OpenStreetMap | A map based on OpenStreetMap. Also add
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| map_source=* | All commonly used values according to Taginfo |
Similar tags
- tourism=information + information=tactile_map - A map that can be read with fingers
- tourism=information + information=tactile_model - A model of buildings and surroundings that can be explored with fingers
Possible synonyms
See also
- information=board - An information board
- playground=map - A map painted on a paved surface at a playground or school to teach geography to children