Tag:man_made=chimney
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 man_made = chimney
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A tall distinctive vertical conduit for venting hot gases or smoke, normally found near power stations or large factories 
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Status: approved
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A chimney is a structure which provides ventilation for hot flue gases or smoke from a boiler, stove, furnace or fireplace to outside in the atmosphere. Normally found near power stations or large factories.
Please only map huge chimneys (for example of factories), not normal chimneys of houses - approximate height at least 10 meters.
How to map
Set a node 
at the center of the chimney. Add the tag man_made=chimney.
Useful additional tags
building=yes - Chimney as a building (outline for 3D)- height=* - Height in meters
- building:material=* - Material from which the chimney is built
- historic=yes - when the chimney is historical and is no longer used for the original purpose
If there is a mobile phone base station or microwave antenna attached to the chimney you can use the following tags:
Possible tagging errors
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!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
See also
- Proposed features/Chimney
- Chimney on Wikipedia
- Flue-gas stack on Wikipedia
