You can use OpenStreetBrowser to search for specific tags in a given area. There is also a wiki page with sample areas for some of the most common tags. You can also use the Overpass API to retrieve a OSM file containing all tag occurrences or the ones within a specified bounding box which can then be opened using JOSM for example. Tagstat once provided a rendered map for a given tag, but doesn't seem to work any more because of the broken XAPI. answered 08 Aug '11, 20:26 scai ♦ |
For nodes you should have a look at the maps of taginfo. E.g. this is the map of tagged traffic_signs: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/traffic_sign#map answered 10 Aug '11, 11:49 dieterdreist |
You may have some luck by using the TAG name in the search box on the map page,then open an editor to examine it. answered 08 Aug '11, 20:13 andy mackey |