Parking
Feature : Parking |
Description |
Discussing car parks and places to park bicycles and other vehicles. |
Group |
Tags |
Parking is a place where people can park their vehicle.
- See parking=* for the parking key that is used to specify the type of parking facility.
How to map
Minimal tagging is just to map a node with amenity=parking or another parking tag like amenity=bicycle_parking, depending on the type of parking.
If possible, parking should be mapped with an area and tagged with additional properties and detail. Street parking, particularly in the form of a parking lane or highway shoulder, can instead be mapped via tags on the road way (highway=*) itself using parking:*=*.
Additional tags
The parking=* key can be used together with amenity=parking to specify the type of parking facility. Most used values are:
There also exist other values which are typically used in combination with street parking but also are valid for amenity=parking if unsupported by many tools (including OSM mainstays like Carto and iD). These are:
Use cases
Motor vehicles / Cars
- amenity=parking - The main tag covering most conventional car parks, coach parks etc. Many additional tags are listed on this page.
- amenity=parking_space - Can be used to map individual parking spaces within an area of amenity=parking or can be added to a relation of the type site=parking.
- amenity=motorcycle_parking - For parking areas specifically for motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, etc.
- parking:left=*, parking:right=* or parking:both=* - For street parking along a highway=*.
Bicycles
- amenity=bicycle_parking - For metal hoops and other types of bicycle parking facilities.
- amenity=bicycle_rental - For docking stations, or other places where you can park a rental bike.
Stroller
- amenity=stroller_parking - For metal hoops, shacks and other types of designated stroller parking facilities.
Boats
- See Harbour tags.
- amenity=boat_storage - For dry-land boat "parking".
Private/residential parking
- building=garages - For buildings which are blocks of private garages, where each garage space has a different owner.
See also
- amenity=car_sharing - For parking spots for car share vehicles (car clubs).
- tourism=caravan_site - For a place where caravans / motorhomes / recreational vehicles can stay overnight, or longer.
The Parking Map page references tools for contributing to and visualizing parking lots and parking areas.