Key:building:min_level

Description
For describing number of values "filling" space between ground level and bottom level of building or part of building. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: buildings
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)
Requires
Useful combination
See also
Status: de factoPage for proposal

For marking the number of levels of a building (building=*) or part of a building (building:part=*) above ground level, we use tag building:levels=*.

If a building part does not start at the ground level, building:levels=* should include the number of skipped levels below the building part (i.e the number of levels that would exist if the space between the ground and the bottom of the building part were filled with levels of the typical height for this building). These skipped levels themselves should be tagged as =*.

It is therefore imperative that building:levels=* is always strictly greater than =*. So this tag should be used only when building:levels=* is greater than 1.

schematic example of level and height tagging
schematic example of level and height tagging

Values

The value of this key is a natural number greater than zero (1, 2, 3, ...).

The default value is 0 when the building or building part starts from ground level. If the value is 0, then do not add this tag.

Photos

Real life examples with =1

See also

Possible tagging mistakes

  • =0 ‒ Useless tag
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  • =-1 ‒ Min_level should be strictly positive
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  • =1.5 ‒ Min_level should be an integer, to express a height use min_height=* instead
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  • =yes ‒ Min_level should be a number
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