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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

amenity=bench; material=wood; backrest=yes;

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

amenity=waste_basket; material=metal; waste=trash;

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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