Key:tower:*

Prefix tower:*
Description
Tower prefix overview
Group: buildings
Used on these elements
Useful combination
aeroway:balloon=*
Status: in use
taginfo: tower:*

The =* prefix may be used for a building=tower or man_made=tower.

Tagging

Buildings

building=tower

Tower types

Historic towers

• building=tower
• tower:type=* bell_tower;minaret;castle;church;...
• start_date=*

Electricity

Power

• building=tower
• tower:type=power

or

• man_made=mast

Lighting

Not to be confused with lightning (below)

Lightning

Communication towers

tower:type=communication

Water tower

• building=tower
• tower:type=water_tower

Launch tower

building=tower

Airship tower

• aeroway:balloon=mooring_tower
• tower:type=anchor for attraction=tethered_balloon, balloon:type=tethered

Combinations

Observation, Monitoring, Surveillance

• monitoring:*=*
• surveillance:*=*
• balloon:*=* (tethered to the tower)

Tourism

Airship & historic see above

See also

• mast:*=*

• 
  Tower or mast ? (see humans for scale)

• tower:construction=* - Describes the type of construction of a tower
• construction:*=* - Under construction