Tag:place=square
 place = square
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A named square. 
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Status: in use
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The place=square indicates a town or village square, which is an open public space common in urban centres, such as cities, towns or villages. They are typically crossed by streets, but can also be pedestrian areas or more rarely green areas.
Terminology
Squares are known in various languages, e.g. English: square, plaza, French: place, German: Platz, Italian: piazza, largo, piazzale, campo, Spanish: plaza, Russian: площадь.
See also wikipedia about ![[W]](/w/images/2/24/Wikipedia-16px.png "Wikipedia"){kind=small}
squares.
How to map
Draw the outline of the square as an area 
, or just place a node 
at the appropriate location, and add a place=square tag together with name=*.
Typically the outline includes all objects on the square, including streets, pedestrian areas, green areas, buildings, but excludes objects at the square, such as surrounding buildings. The square object should share nodes with confining objects (e.g. buildings and walls).
Useful combinations, examples
- wikipedia=* to link to wikipedia articles
- wikidata=* to set a link to a wikidata object
- architect=*
- start_date=* inauguration date / year / century /...
Possible Tagging Mistakes
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!
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!
