Tag:building=barn
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An agricultural building that can be used for storage and as a covered workplace. 
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The tag building= can be used to tag a building as a ![[W]](./Tango_style_Wikipedia_Icon_no_shadow.svg.png){kind=icon}
barn, an agricultural building that can be used for storage and as a covered workplace.
How to map
Map the building as usual and tag it with building= or alternatively as building=* with a different value and the tag building:use=barn. The latter variant is recommended in case the building was not originally built as a barn, but is now used as one.
Examples
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building=
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A building that was built as a barn. |
building=*building:use=barn
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The building is now used as a barn, but was not originally built as one. |
Disambiguation
If primarily animals are kept in the building, other tags should be used, e.g. building=stable, building=sty or building=cowshed.
Related tags
landuse=farmlandlanduse=farmyardbuilding=farm_auxiliary- a building on a farm that is not a dwellingbuilding=stable- a stable for horses.building=sty- a building for raising domestic pigs.building=cowshed- a building for housing cows.building=goat_shed- a building for housing goats.building=livestock- a building for housing livestock.