Tag:man_made=communications_tower

man_made = communications_tower
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Description
A huge tower for transmitting radio applications Error creating thumbnail:
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: man made
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Useful combination
height=* name=* tower:type=*
Status: de facto
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A man_made=communications_tower, also known as telecommunications tower, is a huge tower for transmitting radio applications like television, radio, mobile phone or officials radio. They are quite rare and distinguished by their very large size, and status as a local monument or landmark. Examples are the Error creating thumbnail: Fernsehturm Berlin, the Error creating thumbnail: CN Tower, the Error creating thumbnail: Torre Entel, the Error creating thumbnail: Hillbrow Tower, the Error creating thumbnail: Oriental Pearl Tower and the Error creating thumbnail: Sydney Tower.

If in doubt it is almost all the time a man_made=mast or man_made=tower plus tower:type=communication instead, see below.

How to map

Set a node or draw an area along its outline. Add the tag man_made=communications_tower.

Useful combinations

• height=*
• name=*
• ele=*
• operator=*
• tower:type=*
  • tower:type=communication
  • tower:type=observation
• communication:television=*
• communication:radio=*
• communication:bos=*
• communication:mobile_phone=*

Distinguish between other kinds of communications towers

First question: Is it a mast or a tower?

• 
  man_made=mast
• 
  man_made=tower
• 
  man_made=communications_tower

Second question: What kind of services are being provided?

• communication:mobile_phone=yes
• communication:radio=yes
• communication:television=yes
• communication:microwave=yes
• communication:amateur_radio=yes

Examples

	Guyed lattice mast man_made=mast tower:construction=guyed_lattice tower:type=communication communication:radio=yes material=steel height=*
	Mobile phone mast man_made=mast tower:type=communication communication:mobile_phone=yes
	Police radio mast man_made=mast tower:type=communication communication:bos=yes
	Microwave tower/mast man_made=mast or man_made=tower tower:type=communication communication:microwave=yes
	Tower (not a mast) man_made=tower tower:type=communication communication:mobile_phone=yes communication:radio=yes communication:microwave=yes
	Communications Tower (really big, typically >= 100 m): man_made=communications_tower tower:type=communication communication:television=yes communication:radio=yes communication:mobile_phone=yes communication:microwave=yes building=yes height=250

Possible tagging error

man_made=communications_transponder

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More details at taginfo

• man_made=communications_transponder🔎

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