Tag:amenity=security_booth

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Public-images-osm logo.svg amenity = security_booth
Guard booth outside the South African High Commission in Canberra December 2013.jpg
Description
The place where the guard is on duty. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: amenities
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
See also

building=guardhouse

Status: in use

This kind of objects are common on paid supervised parkings, on entrances to industrial or military complexes and on closed apartment complexes.

How to map

Place node a node at the middle or draw area an area along its outline. Add amenity=security_booth.

Relationship to building=guardhouse

This tag can be used in conjunction with building=guardhouse, which is about the building itself; but it can also be added to buildings that weren't specifically built for the purpose of housing guards, e.g. building=kiosk.