Template:Relations

Established relations

Type	Status	Element	Comment	Photo
multipolygon	de facto		For areas where the outline consists of multiple ways, or that have holes; also used for boundaries.
route	de facto		Like bus routes, cycle routes and numbered highways
route_master	approved		route_master contains (parallel, opposite, variant, …) routes only; heavily used to group route variants in public transport.
superroute	controversial		Avoid, superroute contains (concatenable) routes only.
restriction	de facto		Any kind of turn restriction.
boundary	de facto		For grouping boundaries and marking enclaves/exclaves.
site	in use		Relation to group elements of a site such as a school together.
associatedStreet	in use		House numbers related to a street. See Karlsruhe scheme. Somewhat controversial.
public_transport	approved		Part of the OSM public transport scheme. Mainly used by public_transport=stop_area.
network	de facto		Relations that describe networks with their members being the members of this network.
street	proposed		Bind all parts of a street together and everything else that belongs to it.
destination_sign	approved		Destination signs at or before intersections.
waterway	approved		Relation to group elements of a waterway=*.
enforcement	approved		Traffic enforcement devices; speed cameras, redlight cameras, weight checks, …
bridge	proposed		Groups together all elements of one bridge.
tunnel	proposed		Groups together all elements of one tunnel.
user defined	proposed		All commonly used values according to Taginfo

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