Tag:office=ngo

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Description
An office for a non-profit, non-governmental organisation (NGO). Show/edit corresponding data item.
Rendering in OSM Carto
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Group: offices
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)
Useful combination
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Status: in use

The tag office=ngo is used to map the office of a  non-governmental organization (NGO). NGOs are organizations that are independent of any government, they are non-profit, and many are active in humanitarian or social areas. Examples would be Red Cross, Red Crescent, Oxfam or a trade union office. These are organisations which are privately funded (but may accept government grants) and privately run. In North America they may be called 'non-profits.'

This is a very generic tag, consider if there is a more specific option under office=*, for example: office=association, office=quango, office=charity, office=foundation, office=union, office=educational_institution.

Useful combination

Tag Count See also
ngo=aerospace
ngo=trade_union office=union
ngo=health
ngo=education office=educational_institution

Examples

  • British Red Cross, Canadian Red Cross, Philippine Red Cross, etc.
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • Reporters Without Borders

See also

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