Tag:social_facility=shelter
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| Description |
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| A facility that provides temporary sleeping facilities or refuge from exposure to the environment |
| Group: social facilities |
| Used on these elements |
| Requires |
| Useful combination |
| Status: approved |
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A facility that provides temporary sleeping facilities or refuge from exposure to the environment.
How to map
Set a node at the center or draw as an area along the outline of the feature.
Add the tag amenity=social_facility + social_facility=.
Tags used in combination
name=*- the name of the featureoperator=*- indicates the operator or name of the company operating the feature- addresses - the address of the feature
opening_hours=*- hours when the feature is openphone=*- phone number of the featurewebsite=*- website of the featurewheelchair=no/yes/limited- whether the feature is suitable for wheelchairssocial_facility:for=*- used to describe the group of people that is primarily served by the social facility
Facilities that might fit to that tag
- Homeless Shelter
- Emergency Shelter
- Makeshift Shelter
- Juvenile Shelter
- Women's Shelter/Refuge (Domestic abuse/violence shelters should not be mapped unless they are publicly known and have signage or with explicit consent of the shelter operators.)
- Transitional Shelter
- Railway Mission / Travelers' Aid
- Public temporary refugee housing
