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boundary
Description
Used to mark the borders of areas, mostly political, but possibly also of other administrative areas.
Group:
boundaries
Used on these
elements
Documented values:
40
Useful combination
admin_level
=*
border_type
=*
Status:
de facto
boundary
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OSM Tag History
boundary
=*
specifies the nature of a
boundary relation
, which describes the extent of an administrative, nature conservation, or otherwise demarcated area. Occasionally the tag is used on linear ways to indicate borders with a name distinct from either area that it separates.
Avoid using the tag on closed ways, or repeating it on boundary relation members, as this can lead to ambiguities and cause unexpected behavior in data consumers.
Contents
Values
1.1
Boundary types
1.2
Attributes
See also
Values
See below for the main values of the boundary key:
Key
Value
Element
Comment
Rendering example
Photo
Boundary types
boundary
aboriginal_lands
A boundary representing official reservation boundaries of recognized aboriginal / indigenous / native peoples.
boundary
administrative
An administrative boundary. Subdivisions of areas/territories/jurisdictions recognised by governments or other organisations for administrative purposes. These range from large groups of nation states right down to small administrative districts and suburbs, as indicated by the
admin_level
=*
combo tag.
boundary
border_zone
A border zone is an area near the border where special restrictions on movement apply. Usually a permit is required for visiting.
boundary
census
A census-designated boundary delineating a statistical area, not necessarily observable on the ground.
boundary
forest
A delimited forest is a land which is predominantly wooded and which is, for this reason, given defined boundaries. It may cover different tree stands, non-wooded areas, highways… but all the area within the boundaries are considered and managed as a single forest.
boundary
forest_compartment
A forest compartment is a numbered sub-division within a delimited forest, physically materialized with visible, typically cleared, boundaries.
boundary
hazard
A designated hazardous area, with a potential source of damage to health, life, property, or any other interest of value.
boundary
health
Health division boundaries. Some mappers use
health_level
=*
instead of
admin_level
=*
to specify level in the health system hierarchy.
boundary
historic
A historic administrative boundary (use judiciously).
boundary
limited_traffic_zone
Describes an officially designated area that requires authorization for the entry of certain vehicles.
boundary
local_authority
Describes the territory of a local authority.
boundary
low_emission_zone
A geographically defined area which seeks to restrict or deter access by certain polluting vehicles with the aim of improving the air quality.
boundary
maritime
Maritime boundaries which are not administrative boundaries: the Baseline, Contiguous Zone and EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).
boundary
marker
A boundary marker, border marker, boundary stone, or border stone is a robust physical marker that identifies the start of a land boundary or the change in a boundary, especially a change in direction of a boundary. See also
historic
boundary_stone
boundary
national_park
Area of outstanding natural beauty, set aside for conservation and for recreation (
Other languages
).
boundary
place
boundary
place
is commonly used to map the boundaries of a
place
=*
, when these boundaries can be defined but these are not administrative boundaries.
boundary
political
Electoral boundaries
boundary
postal_code
Postal code boundaries. Some mappers use
postal_code_level
=*
instead of
admin_level
=*
to specify level in the postal hierarchy.
boundary
protected_area
Protected areas, such as for national parks, marine protection areas, heritage sites, wilderness, cultural assets and similar.
boundary
religious_administration
A religious administration boundary, eg. of a catholic diocese or parish. Use
religion
=*
and
denomination
=*
to specify the church to which the boundary applies. Some mappers use
religious_level
=*
instead of
admin_level
=*
to specify level in the church hierarchy.
boundary
special_economic_zone
A government-defined area in which business and trade laws are different.
boundary
statistical
An official boundary recognised by government for statistical purposes.
boundary
disputed
An area of landed claimed by two or more parties (use with caution). See also
Disputed territories
boundary
timezone
Boundaries of time zone
boundary
public_transport
An operating area of a transit authority.
boundary
user defined
All commonly used values
according to
Taginfo
Attributes
admin_level
(number)
Defines level of the division described by the boundary in the hierarchy system to which the division belongs. Usually in the range 1 to 10 (except for several countries, where it is in the range 1 to 11 – Bolivia, Germany, Mozambique, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Turkmenistan, Venezuela – see
boundary
).
religious_level
(number)
Used by some mappers instead of
admin_level
=*
in conjunction with
boundary
religious_administration
and is usually in the range 1 to 10.
border_type
To distinguish between types of boundary where admin_level isn't enough. Used in several different ways e.g in maritime contexts.
start_date
(date)
Useful if the boundary is very recent (or if it will become effective in a near future).
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English.
Editable here
See also
Relation:boundary
for boundary relations.
See
Community forum discussion on repeating boundary tagging on relation member ways
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Categories
Key descriptions for group "boundaries"
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Key descriptions with status "de facto"
Boundaries
Addresses
Government
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