Animals

Feature : Animals

Description

The animal=* tag is used for many features related to animals and pets.

Group

Natural

Tags

animal=* natural=* amenity=* leisure=* attraction=* sport=* club=* shop=* vending=* building=* highway=* route=* barrier=*

Pets and animals are very important in our society and there are a lot of facilities that provide for the care and well being of pets (e.g. dog, cat) and companion animals (e.g. horse). OpenStreetMap has only a limited vocabulary for mapping such facilities and this page aims to represent the current tag-value content and provide a summary of proposals. The list should be considered incomplete and representative.

Animal-focused tag-value pairs

Used to map facilities related to the care of pets.

Key	Value	Element	Definition & comments	Status	Animals	Rendering	Photo
amenity	veterinary		A place where a veterinary surgeon (vet) practices.	Established taginfo	All
shop	pet		A pet shop or pet store is a retail business which sells different kinds of animals. Pet stores also sell pet food, supplies, and accessories. Additional tags to consider: name=*; building=yes; animal types to which the store caters, use pet=* to specify, such as pet=fish or pet=reptile.	Established taginfo	All
amenity	animal_training		For mapping non-competitive training facilities for animals. To designate the animal type being trained, use animal_training=horse or animal_training=dog, for instance. Two animal-specific tags are in rare-use: amenity=dog_training (taginfo) and amenity=horse_training (taginfo). There was also a 2008 proposed feature for sport=dog_training, which would be related to competitive training. Consider also: name=*; network=* for the Association that a particular school might be connected with.	In use taginfo	All
leisure	horse_riding		Equestrian facility where people practise horse riding.	Established taginfo	Horses
leisure	dog_park		Designated area, with or without a fenced boundary, where dog-owners are permitted to exercise their pets unrestrained.	Established taginfo	Dogs
vending	excrement_bags		Point of sale for dog excrement bags. Should be combined with amenity=vending_machine. Additional tags to consider: payment=*; name=*; operator=*	Established taginfo	Dogs
amenity	dog_bin		The use of this tag is discouraged, use amenity=waste_basket + waste=dog_excrement + vending=excrement_bags instead.	Deprecated taginfo	Dogs
highway	bridleway		A way intended for use by equestrians.	Established taginfo	Horses
route	horse		A route-type relation intended for use by equestrians.	Established taginfo	Horses
route	transhumance		A route for long distance livestock trails.	In use taginfo	Livestock
horse	*		Primarily used to indicate access restrictions / permissions for horses with most common values being either 'yes' or 'no'. Most commonly associated with highway=*.	Established *	Horses
dog	*		Primarily used to indicate access restrictions / permissions for dogs with most common values being either 'yes' or 'no'. Most commonly associated with highway=*; surprising that there are no instances associated with natural=beach at time of writing.	Established *	Dogs
sport	equestrian		An equestrian sport is a sport that is practised with the horse as a partner, there are show jumping, dressage, eventing, endurance riding, driving, vaulting, steeplechasing, horse racing, reining, tent pegging, vaulting, polo, rodeo and more; horse racing has a separate tag, see below.	Established taginfo	Horses
sport	horse_racing		Horse racing is an equestrian sport and major international industry, watched in almost every nation of the world. There are three types: "flat" racing; steeplechasing, i.e. racing over jumps; and harness racing, where horses trot or pace while pulling a driver in a small, light cart known as a sulky. Passage from Wikipedia:Portal:Horse racing/Intro, version 421097495, 28 Mar 2011.	Established taginfo	Horses
barrier	horse_stile		A horse stile allows pedestrians and horses to cross a gap through a fence, but prevents or makes it very difficult for motorcycles, riderless horses and other live stock to cross.	Established taginfo	Horses
sport	dog_racing		Most dog racing is in the form of greyhound racing.	Established taginfo	Dogs
club	dog		(see club=equestrian for description)	In use taginfo	Dogs
club	equestrian		As with other club tags, use this to map the regular meeting place for the club. If the club is a sport-related club, then include the appropriate sport tag (e.g. sport=equestrian). Additional tags to consider: name=*, network=* (if the club is part of an association).	Proposed taginfo	Horses
natural	beach		To tag a beach legally accessible to owned animals (usually dogs), use it together with tags like dog=yes, horse=yes and so on. Consider also to add name=*.	Established taginfo	All
animal	swimming		Bathing area for owned animals (usually dogs). Specify animals admitted with tags like dog=yes/no, horse=yes/no and so on. In contrast to a beach for dogs this tag is thought for bathing areas at a lake or river that are not comfortable for humans and are more appealing to dogs. Consider also to add name=*.	In use taginfo	All
animal	wellness		Animal wellness centre (e.g. dog groomer). Primarily dogs are getting coiffures, but there might be also services like clipping claws/cutting nails or other beautification services, so we chose the term "wellness". Specify animals admitted with tags like dog=yes/no, cat=yes/no and so on. Consider also to add name=*.	In use taginfo	All
amenity	animal_breeding		Animal breeding facility, see  stud farm. Additional tags: animal_breeding=<species>;<species>;... name=* operator=*	Approved taginfo	All
amenity	animal_shelter		Animal home/shelter: it is a large structure with its own staff that takes care of animals. See Animal shelter for details. It differs from amenity=shelter + shelter_type=field_shelter that instead is a very simple building, usually only a canopy. Additional tags: animal_shelter=<species>;<species>;... animal_shelter:adoption=yes/no/<species>;<species>;... animal_shelter:release=yes/no/<species>;<species>;... name=* operator=*	Established taginfo	All
amenity	animal_boarding		Animal boarding facility. See Animal boarding for details. Additional tags: animal_boarding=<species>;<species>;... name=* operator=*	Established taginfo	All
amenity	feeding_place		A place where animals are fed like a manger or an automated feeding station.	Established taginfo	All
amenity	game_feeding		A place where food is provided for wild-living animals. See amenity=game_feeding for details.	Established taginfo	All
amenity	watering_place		A place where animals can drink water, like the analogous tag amenity=drinking_water descibes places for human drinking.	Approved taginfo	All
animal	cemetery		Cemetery for animals. There's still a discussion how to tag all the different types of animals for interments. Specify animals admitted with tags like dog=yes/no, cat=yes/no, horse=yes/no, hamster=yes/no, reptile=yes/no and so on. Consider also to add name=* and operator=*.	In use taginfo	All
animal	crematorium		Use amenity=crematorium crematorium=pet insteed		All
hazard	animal_crossing		A place where animals are known to appear unexpectedly, presenting a collision hazard to motorists. Use hazard:animal=* to specify kind of animal.	Approved taginfo	All
hazard	horse_riders		An area where horse riders share a roadway with motor vehicles.	Approved taginfo	Horses
amenity	shelter		Used with shelter_type=field_shelter indicates a field shelter for animals. A field shelter is a very simple building, usually only a canopy, located in the countryside intended to provide shelter for animals (e.g. horses). It differs from amenity=animal_shelter that instead is a large structure with its own staff that takes care of animals. Specify animals admitted with tags like horse=yes/no, sheep=yes/no, pig=yes/no and so on. In case of bad weather it could be used also by humans, if it is accessible. Consider to add the tag access=* to specify its legal accessibility, especially access=private if people are not allowed to use it.	Proposed taginfo	All
attraction	animal		A place where animals are kept in captivity (e.g. a cage or in an aquarium). Found in zoos or animal parks. Using name=*, the name of the animal attraction, or species of the kept animal, or the name=* of the individual animal can be specified.	Proposed / In use taginfo	All

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