barefootstache
- Mapper since:
- November 12, 2020
- Last map edit:
- December 18, 2025
Notes interpreter
General form: first word usually denotes the amenity the words there after denote the commonly used values for the commonly used keys.
Bicycle Parking
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:<amenity=bicycle_parking> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<bicycle_parking> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<capacity> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<access>
Example
Bike wall loop 15 private
converts to
amenity=bicycle_parking; bicycle_parking=wall_loops; capacity=15; access=private;
Benches
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:<amenity=bench> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<material> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<backrest> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<seats>
Example
Bench wood yes
converts to
Waste Baskets
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:<amenity=waste_basket> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<material> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<colour> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:<waste>
Example 1
Waste basket metal trash
converts to
Example 2
Waste basket plastic orange trash
converts to
amenity=waste_basket; material=plastic; colour=orange; waste=trash;
Abbreviations
dne
means
does not exist
Presets
Dog-Station
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=vending_machine
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:bin=yes
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:fee=no
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:vending=excrement_bags
Optional
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:brand=Dog-Station
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:brand:wikidata=Q63720061
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:name=Dog-Station
Newspaper
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=vending_machine
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:brand=tz
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:brand:wikidata=Q264205
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:vending=newspapers
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:website=https://www.tz.de/
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