OpenStreetMap does not have any content restrictions on tags that can be assigned to OSM-Elements (Nodes Node, Ways Way or Relations Relation). You can use any tags you like as long as the values are verifiable. However, there is a benefit in agreeing to a recommended set of features and corresponding tags in order to create, interpret and display a common basemap. This page contains a core recommended feature set and corresponding tags.
If you don't see an appropriate tag for what you would like to map see Proposed features or for grouping ways and nodes together into a higher level component, see Relations. From there you can see what features may be added (and maybe get them in sooner), or propose your own.
- Some mapping features are explained in detail, see Feature Index.
- To propose a new icon, use the page of the Proposed Icons.
- To see a list of features that were once valid but should no longer be used, see Deprecated features.
- recent Map Features changes
- See also Editing Standards and Conventions.
Notes on rendering:
- Using the tags here will mean that your editing efforts are more likely to show up in the various renderers. However, there is no guarantee that a tag listed here will be rendered by any particular renderer or by the renderers used by the main map page. For specific information on how to ensure that your symbols are rendered in Mapnik and Osmarender tiles, look at Symbol Rendering.
- There also may be many tags that will render on the main map page that are not listed here. This list is not updated with all the tags implemented by the renderers.
- The 'Rendering' column in these tables is only an example of how an imaginary map might choose to render the feature. It does not dictate how our renderers may render it, nor indeed any other map.
The tables are grouped by theme, with the more commonly used first.
Each section is a template which can be used for language translations.
Physical
edit{{Map_Features:highway}}
{{Map_Features:barrier}}
{{Map_Features:cycleway}}
{{Map_Features:tracktype}}
{{Map_Features:waterway}}
{{Map_Features:railway}}
{{Map_Features:aeroway}}
{{Map_Features:aerialway}}
{{Map_Features:power}}
{{Map_Features:man_made}}
{{Map_Features:leisure}}
{{Map_Features:amenity}}
{{Map_Features:shop}}
{{Map_Features:tourism}}
{{Map_Features:historic}}
{{Map_Features:landuse}}
{{Map_Features:military}}
{{Map_Features:natural}}
{{Map_Features:geological}}
Non Physical
edit{{Map_Features:route}}
{{Map_Features:boundary}}
{{Map_Features:sport}}
{{Map_Features:abutters}}
{{Map_Features:accessories}}
{{Map_Features:properties}}
{{Map_Features:restrictions}}
Naming
edit{{Map_Features:name}}
{{Map_Features:references
|ncn_ref:desc=The number reference (eg 54) of a National Cycle Network route. In the UK, national routes have single-or double-digit numbers with a red background on the signs.
|ncn_ref:photo=[[Image:Ncn1-Cramond.JPG|100px]]
|rcn_ref:desc=The number of the regional cycle network. In the UK the regional routes have double-digit numbers with a blue background on the signs.
|rcn_ref:photo=[[Image:NCN1Dalkeith-PenicuikRegional73.jpg|100px]]<br>(Sign showing both national and regional spur).
|lcn_ref:photo=[[Image:Cycle route sign.jpg|100px]]
}}
{{Map_Features:place}}
{{Map_Features:addr}}
{{Map_Features:annotation}}
{{Map_Features:editor_keys}}