Tag:tourism=zoo
 tourism = zoo
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A zoological garden, where animals are confined for viewing by the public. 
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Rendering in OSM Carto 
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Rendering in OSM Carto 
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Status: approved
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A zoo is a place that has confined animals on display for viewing by the public. In addition, a zoo may also include unusual specimens of plants.
How to map
Create an area and tag it tourism=zoo.
If you are not sure of its border you can place a single node in the middle and tag it tourism=zoo but the area is preferable.
If given object has its own name then name=* is useful.
Type of Zoo
Special zoo species can be marked with one of the following attributes:
- zoo=petting_zoo - Small zoo or garden for kids to touch and play with animals
- zoo=enclosure - An enclosure
- zoo=wildlife_park - A park where indigenous animals live.
- zoo=safari_park - A safari parks, if you can drive through the park with your own car or bus.
- zoo=birds - A bird park
- zoo=falconry - A place where birds of prey are kept and demonstrated.
- zoo=aviary - An aviary for birds
- zoo=butterfly - A butterfly park
- zoo=reptile - often indoors, for snakes and other reptiles
But note that an aquarium is not tagged as a type of zoo, instead use: tourism=aquarium
Information about Zoo
Consider adding the following tags
- fee=*
- opening_hours=*
- wikipedia=*
- website=*
- addr:*=* Address
Architecture
Zoos are mostly confined, therefore you might want to add extra ways for:
Mind the nodes with the type of entrances/exits:
and specify them with names where given (e.g. name=North Entrance).
Amenities in the Zoo
These are tagged either as isolated nodes or together with the building polygons.
General
- shop=gift
- amenity=restaurant
- amenity=cafe
- amenity=fast_food
- amenity=toilets
- amenity=bench
- amenity=drinking_water
- amenity=shelter
Specific for Zoos
Animal
These are the main attractions, therefore you might add each attraction as a node or area with the proposed tagging:
- attraction=animal
- description=*, for example description=monkey
Likewise the natural=tree-tagging, you could specify:
- species=Loxodonta Africana
or connect it to a corresponding wikipedia=* page.
Buildings
When adding the buildings, please do not name the building after the animals inside, but tag these with an extra node.
Of course if the building is really named, it should be tagged so, e.g. name=Elephant House.
How to Structure
Please do not structure the zoo with multiple areas or nodes containing e.g. leisure=park or attraction=zoo, just to make them visible in major maps.
This is better done by adding tags such as:
- natural=bare_rock
- natural=grassland
- natural=mud
- natural=sand
- natural=scrub
- natural=wood
- natural=wetland
- natural=water
(as these structures are displayed in OSM Carto, too)
and mark these areas with barrier=fence, barrier=hedge, barrier=wall, barrier=retaining_wall.
For example, an area marked as attraction=animal with the tag natural=grassland for an animal enclosure within a large zoo.
More Structural Elements
Of course, leisure=park can be part of a zoo. These are areas with lawn or flowers,
and very often you find leisure=playground for younger visitors.
Trees might be added (as a node) natural=tree, or (as a way) natural=tree_row, or (as an area) landuse=forest.
You may add other natural elements such as water (for basins, ponds or lakes), beaches, as well as linear cliffs or waterways (and areas for their riverbanks). Some large zoos include their own local agricultural production for feeding their animals, which may be tagged as farmland (these subareas are generally not open to visitors and are enclosed with ditches, barriers and gates).
Examples
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tourism=zoo name=Berlin Zoo website=http://www.zoo-berlin.de/zoo wikipedia=de:Zoologischer Garten Berlin |
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tourism=zoo name=Turtle Back Zoo website=https://turtlebackzoo.com wikipedia=en:Turtle Back Zoo |
