Key:entrance
 entrance
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To mark the location of an entrance. 
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| Group: man made |
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Status: approved
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The entrance=* key describes the point where you can go into a building or enclosed area (such as a zoo, theme park, cemetery grounds etc). Different values are used to denote the importance or type of entrance. The entrance node should be placed on the building/area's way (i.e. its outline).
- For internal doors, see indoor and Simple Indoor Tagging.
- For the main entrance to areas/points of interests (POIs) with multiple entrances (even multiple main entrances), use a Relation:site and add
entrance to the main entrance node, or add a Key:routing:entrance to the main entrance node (the node to use as the POI/area point where routing should go).
Tagging
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| entrance | yes | 
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An entrance exists at this position to a building or enclosed area. At point where you can enter or leave the building or the area. | 
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| entrance | main |
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The main entrance of a building or enclosed area. | 
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| entrance | secondary |
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An additional entry, often used only for events or at special times. | .jpg) | ||
| entrance | service |
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A backdoor to a building or enclosed area often only for employees or for delivering. | 
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| entrance | exit |
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It is not an entrance, it is a one-way out of a building or enclosed area. You find it at some larger shops, museums or theme parks. Consider using exit=* |
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| entrance | entrance |
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It is an entrance only, it is a one-way in to a building or enclosed area. You find it at some larger shops, museums or theme parks. | |||
| entrance | emergency |
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An emergency exit is a one-way out of a building in case of fire. It is often combined with a fire alarm box. See also exit=emergency for these. | .svg) | ||
| entrance | staircase[1][2] |
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Door to staircase. |
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| entrance | home[1] |
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Entrance to a private house, home, garden or an apartment. |
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| entrance | garage[1] |
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Door to a garage. |  | ||
| entrance | shop[1] |
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Direct entrance to a shop, which is not a main entrance. |  | ||
| entrance | no |
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It looks like an entrance, i.e. there is a door and possibly a housenumber displayed here, but it cannot be used to access the building (e.g. the door is permanently sealed). | |||
This table is a wiki template with a default description in English. Editable here.
Please use the access=* values to describe who is allowed to enter.
- access=yes The public has an official, legally-enshrined right of access.
- access=delivery Access only for delivering goods to or from a customer.
- access=private Access only with key, keycard or similar. Look here for additional subtags.
- access=no Access is not allowed. (osm-Carto rendering:
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If you don't need a key to go out from a building or restricted area, you can mark this with exit=yes. This tagging has sense, if rules for exit are different from rules for entrance.
Accessibility combinations
- You can use level=* to indicate the floor on which the entrance is located (level=0 aka ground floor is the default)
- Use wheelchair=yes to describe the entrance possibilities for a wheelchair user.
- You can add width=* to indicate small doors for wheelchair routing.
- You can add automatic_door=* to indicate automatic doors for wheelchair users (and the detection method) and to warn visually impaired / blind users.
- You can add door=* to indicate the door type - some door types can be opened by some wheelchair users.
- You can add name=* to identify a specific entrance when there are multiple choices for pick-up or delivery.
Rendering
- OsmAnd shows entrances in its default mappaint style.
- Or use Keep Right's "deprecated tags" for the whole world (go to map).
- OSM2World adds doors to 3D buildings based on entrance=*
Entrances and addresses
- Main article: Addresses
If address is related not to whole building, but to individual staircases/entrances, tags entrance=main/staircase/home, addr:housenumber=* and addr:street=* should be added to main entrances to staircases (or to houses). Use ref=* for marking "inner" number of staircase (not to be confused with "outer" address, which some staircases have - for such addresses we should use addr:housenumber=*). addr:housenumber=* is put to one of entrances to staircase, ref=* can be marked to several entrances (also to service entrances to staircases).
Use addr:flats=* for marking all flats inside the staircase, for example, addr:flats=1-20. (This entrance leads to flats/apartments with numbers from 1 to 20 inclusive). If there are gaps in numbering, use semicolons: addr:flats=3-7;10;14;16-18.
If there is only one flat or unit behind the door addr:unit=* is more common. See addr=* for more.
Possible tagging mistakes
See also
- Proposed features/entrance - Proposal/voting page for this tag
- emergency=emergency_ward_entrance - To mark the entrance to an emergency ward
- Proposed features/entrance/door - Proposal/voting page for this tag
- door=* - Kind of door (automatic, hinged, ...)
- amenity=parking_entrance - An entrance to an underground or multi storey parking facility
- amenity=loading_dock - An entrance for loading heavy goods vehicles
- barrier=entrance - An opening or gap in a barrier.
- barrier=gate - A section in a wall or fence which can be opened to allow access.
- Relations of type=building which, for indoor mapping, should at least have one member with the role "entrance"
- exit=* - Marks free exit of a building/restricted area.
- railway=subway_entrance - The entrance point of a subway
- railway=train_station_entrance - The entrance point of a train station
- open=* and opening=* for cases where there is something at an entrance that is always open to a certain degree