Key:removed:building

This tag is using removed:*=* for buildings that have been demolished, often without any traces left.

OSM is for features existing on the ground. This tag, however, is useful for preventing other mappers from inadvertently remapping demolished features that are still visible in aerial/satellite imagery currently available in OSM editors.

It must not be used for buildings gone and unlikely to be mapped by accident. Such objects should not be mapped and deleted if mapped. OpenStreetMap is mapping the current state of the world, not its past.

There is also the more popular demolished:building=* instead of this key.

For cases where the building is gone and ruins are remaining, ruined:building=* is a better fit.

For cases where the building is present but in ruins, building=* & ruins=yes (lightly damaged) or ruined:building=* (heavily damaged) is a better fit.

For cases where the building is present but abandoned, building=* & abandoned=yes is a better fit.

Projects for mapping nonexistent buildings

For mapping buildings that were demolished a long time ago and for archiving demolished buildings, please see and use OpenHistoricalMap instead.

External links

• Discussing building lifecycle tagging