Tagging

Tags on a real world photo, apparently partly a caricature/joke

Having created your nodes and ways you'll want to tag them with additional information, for example the road name, the road number and type (whether it's an A road, B road, footpath, railway, and so on).

• Map Features - most popular tags in OSM
• Category:Tagging guidelines by country - for tagging rules specific to some country / territory
• Category:Features - for tags grouped by their purpose or function
• Category:Proposed features - to find new tags and not-popular-yet tags

Recommended Tagging Scheme By Country

Another list can also be found on the Category:Tagging guidelines by country page. For countries not listed below see Category:Projects.

Tagging guidelines by country

Country	Page
Afghanistan	Afghanistan Roads Tagging
Australia	Australian Tagging Guidelines
Belgium	WikiProject Belgium/Conventions
Brazil	Pt-br:Guia de Mapeamento do Território Brasileiro
Canada	Canadian tagging guidelines
China	Zh-hans:中国标注指南
Colombia	Guide for mapping in Colombia, ES:Colombia/Guía para mapear
Croatia	Croatian roads tagging
Czechia	Cs:WikiProjekt Česko/Značení silnic
East Africa	East Africa Tagging Guidelines
France	FR:France roads tagging
Germany	Attributierung von Straßen in Deutschland
Hong Kong	Zh-hant:Hong Kong tagging
Iran	Iran/Tagging rules
Japan	Japan tagging
Kenya	Kenya Tagging Guidelines
Korea	Korean tagging guide
Latvia	Latvian roads tagging
Madagascar	FR:WikiProject Madagascar
Malaysia	Malaysian Roads Tagging
The Netherlands	NL:The Netherlands roads tagging
North Africa	North Africa Tagging
the Philippines	WikiProject Philippines/Tagging conventions
Poland	WikiProject Poland/Klasyfikacja dróg
Singapore	WikiProject Singapore
Slovakia	Slovakia roads tagging
South Africa	South African Tagging Guidelines
Spain	ES:Directrices de etiquetado españolas
Switzerland	DE:Switzerland/Map Features, FR:Switzerland/Map Features, Switzerland/Map Features
Taiwan	WikiProject Taiwan/Taiwan tagging
Turkey	Tr:Turkey roads tagging
Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan
Venezuela	Venezuelan Tagging Guidelines (es)
Uganda	Uganda Tagging Guidelines
the United Kingdom	United Kingdom Tagging Guidelines
the United States	United States roads tagging, United_States/Railroads, United_States/Bicycle_Networks

See also

• Tagging samples/urban
• Tagging samples/out of town