Key:roof:material

roof:material
Description
Outer material for the building roof.
Group: Buildings
Used on these elements
Requires
building=* or building:part=*
Useful combination
building:material=* roof:shape=*
Status: de facto
roof:material=* More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
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roof:material=* – the outermost material of the roof of a building or building part.

This information can be used to model 3D buildings.
Some 3D renderers set the colour of a building based on this tag^[1].

Values

Value	Example image	Short description	Count
roof_tiles		Roof covered with tiles, usually of ceramic origin (e.g. terracota). See  Roof tiles.	roof:material=roof_tiles $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
metal		Roof covered with metal, flat or waved (corrugated). Similar values: metal_sheet, tin, copper (see metal roof and corrugated galvanised iron on Wikipedia)	roof:material=metal $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
concrete		Roof covered with exposed concrete.	roof:material=concrete $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
tar_paper		Roof covered with tar paper.	roof:material=tar_paper $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
asbestos		Roof covered with  asbestos cement corrugated sheeting. This is an inaccurate term, better to use eternit. The coverings are not built with asbestos itself, but with eternit, which is composed of 90% cement and 10%  asbestos.	roof:material=asbestos $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
eternit		Eternit – the trade name for asbestos‑cement panels	roof:material=eternit $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
glass		Roof covered with glass.	roof:material=glass $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
acrylic_glass		Roof covered with  acrylic glass.	roof:material=acrylic_glass $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
metal_sheet		metal sheet, flat or corrugated	roof:material=metal_sheet $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
slate		Roof covered with slate, a kind of thin stone plates.	roof:material=slate $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
tin		Tin	roof:material=tin $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
grass		Roof covered with living grass (or similar plants), sealed below. See  Green roof.	roof:material=grass $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
copper		Copper-plated roof. When it comes in contact with air, it becomes covered with patina and takes on a celadon or patina color. (see Copper in architecture on Wikipedia)	roof:material=copper $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
thatch		Thatched roof made from dry grasses, sedges or reeds.	roof:material=thatch $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
gravel		Roof covered with gravel.	roof:material=gravel $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
stone		Roof covered with stone. See also: slate	roof:material=stone $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
wood		Roof covered with wood.	roof:material=wood $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
plastic		Roof covered with plastic, corrugated or not.	roof:material=plastic $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
asphalt		Roof covered with asphalt, but not tar_paper. See also tar_paper. Asphalt is the ingredient used to make tar paper.	roof:material=asphalt $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
asphalt_shingle		Roof covered with  asphalt shingles. Available in many different styles and colors, asphalt shingles are extremely common in North America.	roof:material=asphalt_shingle $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
zinc		Zinc	roof:material=zinc $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
sandstone		sandstone	roof:material=sandstone $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
bamboo		Roof covered with bamboo, usually plaited.	roof:material=bamboo $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
palm_leaves		Roof covered with dry palm leaves.	roof:material=palm_leaves $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
banana_leaves		banana leaves	roof:material=banana_leaves $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
solar_panels		Roof fully covered with solar panels. Rooftop solar panels are more commonly mapped as a generator with location=roof, see Tag:generator:source=solar#Rooftop Solar Panels. If the roof is only mostly covered with solar panels (some other material is still visible underneath), use that other material as roof:material=* and map the panels as a generator.	roof:material=solar_panels $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
titanium		Titanium	roof:material=titanium $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
user defined		See Taginfo for all common values.
In some cases values from building:material=* can be also used, because roof:material is used also with building parts.

Rendering examples

• 
  roof:material=roof_tiles on OSM2World
• 
  roof:material=grass on OSM2World

See also

• building:material=* – building material
• material=* – material
• roof:shape=* – roof shape
• roof:colour=* – roof colour
• Simple 3D buildings – overview of tags for mapping 3D buildings
• Wikipedia: List of commercially available roofing materials

Possible tagging mistakes

building:roof=*

More details at taginfo

• building:roof=*

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building:roof:material=*

More details at taginfo

• building:roof:material=*

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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

References