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sqkm
Description
Indicates the area covered by an object.
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sqkm
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The
sqkm
key can be used to indicate the area covered by an object (in unit square kilometre = sqkm).
E.g. place nodes or any huge object have no good way to calculate their size.
Whenever possible, it is recommended to also add the key
source
sqkm
=*
to the same object.
When this tag should be avoided
Although this tag has minor usage, in general, any property which can be derived from the geometry should never be tagged explicitly, hence this tag is most useful on nodes. Be aware:
The size of the object as mapped may be inaccurate and the size will change as the data is refined.
The area of an object may change over time (glaciers, some lakes & seas, cities, buildings etc)
Sources for areas such as Wikipedia are inadmissible on OSM.
The actual concept being mapped may not be so well defined as to have an area which everyone can agree on (seas, bays etc).
For objects such as continents and oceans there is no agreed on size
Examples
node/148332300
name
España
sqkm
505370
place
country
source
sqkm
CIA World Factbook
natural
water
sqkm
12.34
source
sqkm
NHD
water
lake
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