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# Buildings
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OpenStreetMap is the world's largest database of buildings. You can create
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and improve this database.
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### Selecting
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You can select a building by clicking on its border. This will highlight the
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building and open a small tools menu and a sidebar showing more information
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about the building.
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### Modifying
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Sometimes buildings are incorrectly placed or have incorrect tags.
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To move an entire building, select it, then click the 'Move' tool. Move your
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mouse to shift the building, and click when it's correctly placed.
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To fix the specific shape of a building, click and drag the points that form
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its border into better places.
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### Creating
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One of the main questions around adding buildings to the map is that
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OpenStreetMap records buildings both as shapes and points. The rule of thumb
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is to _map a building as a shape whenever possible_, and map companies, homes,
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amenities, and other things that operate out of buildings as points placed
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within the building shape.
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Start drawing a building as a shape by clicking the 'Area' button in the top
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left of the interface, and end it either by pressing 'Return' on your keyboard
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or clicking on the first point drawn to close the shape.
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### Deleting
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If a building is entirely incorrect - you can see that it doesn't exist in satellite
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imagery and ideally have confirmed locally that it's not present - you can delete
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it, which removes it from the map. Be cautious when deleting features -
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like any other edit, the results are seen by everyone and satellite imagery
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is often out of date, so the road could simply be newly built.
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You can delete a building by clicking on it to select it, then clicking the
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trash can icon or pressing the 'Delete' key.
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