Tag:healthcare=doctor
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A place to get medical attention or a check up from a physician. Used in addition to amenity=doctors. |
| Group: health |
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| Status: approved |
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A doctor's office is a place you can go to get medical attention or a check up from a physician; also known as a
Doctor's surgery in the UK. This feature is often tagged amenity=doctors, but healthcare= may be used in addition.
How to map
Use the tag healthcare= on a node
placed at the centrepoint of the building, or on a closed way (area)
drawn around the perimeter of the building. The more common tag amenity=doctors is almost always added as well.
Specialities of medical practitioners
The speciality of a physician (medical doctor) can be tagged using the key healthcare:speciality=*.
Tags to use in combination
name=*- The primary name: in general, the most prominent signposted name or the most common name in the local language(s)operator=*- Сompany, corporation, person or any other entity who is directly in charge of the current operation of a map object- Address - "addr" is the prefix for several addr:* keys to describe addresses
contact:phone=*orphone=*- A telephone number associated with the objectcontact:website=*orwebsite=*- Specifying the link to the official website for a featureopening_hours=*- Describes when something is open or closed, there is a specific standard format for this datawheelchair=*- Indicate if a special place can be used with wheelchairs
