Tag:marker=plate
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
![]() |
Description |
---|
A kind of sign installed on walls or at least on a not dedicated support indicating what is installed underground or indoor nearby ![]() |
Used on these elements |
Useful combination |
Status: approved![]() |
|
Tools for this tag |
|
Wikidata |
Search Wikidata |
A plate is a really simple marker installed on a not dedicated support like a building wall. It indicates what is installed underground or indoor nearby most of the time.
This value doesn't cover situations where small plates are visible on a dedicated post, pedestal or stone.
Examples
Pipelines
Photo | Location | Tagging | Note |
---|---|---|---|
France | ![]() utility=gas colour=yellow operator=GrDF ref=103 phone=0800 47 33 33 |
A wall mounted signage indicating the presence of a gas pipeline buried below |
Power cables
Photo | Location | Tagging | Note |
---|---|---|---|
France | ![]() utility=power manufacturer=Catu |
A plate warning about the present of high voltage power cables on a building wall. |
Fire hydrants
Photo | Location | Tagging | Note |
---|---|---|---|
UK | ![]() utility=hydrant |
An old fire hydrant sign on the wall | |
France | ![]() utility=hydrant operator=Eau de Paris ref=751120563 position:distance=6.40 |
Those plates are currently rolled out by Eau de Paris and gives several information about a near hydrant installed at stated distances from the marker. The hydrant is fed by water main of given diameter | |
Austria, Germany | ![]() utility=hydrant position:distance=8.4 position:left=1.1 |
Fire hydrant markers as used in Germany. The hydrant is fed by water main of given diameter. A reference number may be given in the upper right corner, but this is not the reference of the plate, but of the hydrant itself, so it should be added to the emergency=fire_hydrant node. |