Tag:amenity=parking

+/- amenity=parking Description A place for parking cars Used on these elements Useful combination access=* capacity=* fee=* name=* maxstay=* operator=* Used combinations in World Australia/Oceania Europe (list) Asia (list) Central America (list) South America (list) Africa (list) Status Undefined

A parking lot is an area reserved for parking cars, trucks, motorcycles etc.

The distinction between public parking lots, customer parking lots (such as at cinemas etc.), and private parking lots (such as for staff in a business park) is handled with access=* tags.

An ITO Map layer exists which shows car parks, and whether they have been tagged with a capacity.

Contents 1 How to Map 2 Rendering 3 Tags 4 Mapping individual or groups of parking spaces 5 Open Issues 6 Similar tags 7 See also

How to Map

For small parking lots put a node in the middle of the parking lot and tag it with amenity=parking. For larger parking lots you can draw an area with amenity=parking.

If you don't know the actual car park area or don't have time to draw it out then just tag a node. While the amenity=parking tag can be applied to both areas and nodes, for any particular carpark just tag it as either an area or a node. The node should denote the approximate centre of the carpark wheras the area should denote the bounds.

Roads within a carpark should be tagged as highway=service with additional tag service=parking_aisle. Roads leading to the carpark and exiting from it should be tagged as highway=service and no additional service=* tag. Remember to add the appropriate oneway=* tags to entrance-only and exit-only roads. It is recommended that entrance roads ways and parking aisles ways be interconnected.

Parking lots can have names like "Southlane Carpark" or so which can be tagged with name=*. Sometimes parking lots have reference numbers, like at big convention centers with many parking lots. Tag those like this: ref=P1.

Ticket machines can be mapped as amenity=vending_machine in combination with vending=parking_tickets.

Parking spaces along streets are increasingly tagged on the road as parking lanes, but sometimes they are, or have been, mapped as areas.

Rendering

Based on rendering preferences and scale renderers can use the node and/or the area with amenity=parking for rendering the parking lot. The node will generally be rendered as a square blue sign with a white "P" in it.

Both Osmarender and Mapnik currently render the "P" logo and a yellow background for parking lot areas.

Tags

Key	Value	Element	Comment
amenity	parking		Tag either the area or the central node. Not both
All sub-tags below are optional and have no default value.
name	*		The name of the carpark
ref	*
access	yes/customer/permissive/private		Distinction between public parking lots, customers parking lots (such as at cinemas etc.), and private parking lots (such as for staff in a business park). In this case, yes denotes a public parking log. Recent addition of "customer" with disputed applicability. Discuss.
highway	service		Road inside parking lot. Add tag service=parking_aisle.
parking	surface
	multi-storey
	underground
	sheds		Private hangars for vehicles, located close to owner's home. Usually constructed of profiled metal.
	carports		Structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, primarily cars, from the elements ( wikipedia article)
	garage_boxes		One level buildings for one car, usually made of brick and metal. Usualy this area belong to garage cooperative with own name, chairman, budget, rules, security, etc.
park_ride	yes/no bus;train;tram;metro;ferry		Park and ride. Values of the key define connected mean of transport. If unsure, use yes. (see Proposal)
fee	yes/no/interval		Whether you have to pay a parking fee or not. Default value is no. If the fee must be paid only on certain hours, the same syntax can be used as for opening hours. (See the discussion page.)
supervised	yes/no/interval		Whether the cars are guarded to prevent car theft and vandalism. Default value is no. If a guard is only present on certain hours, the same syntax can be used as for opening hours.
capacity	number		The amount of parking lots available. (Including all special parking spaces e.g. disabled spaces) Read talk page on this.
capacity:disabled	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated disabled parking spaces are available, usually reserved only for holders of a disabled parking permit ('blue badge' in the UK). If known, the number of spaces can be specified. (replaces the key disabled_spaces=* see proposal)
capacity:women	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated women's parking spaces are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified. Use together with surveillance=indoor/outdoor if applicable.
capacity:parent	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated parent and child parking spaces are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified.
maxstay	2h or 2 hours		Time limit for parking (e.g. customer parking for 2 hours)

See the Proposal More_Parking_Spaces for other capacity:[types].

Mapping individual or groups of parking spaces

As of May 2011 there is an approved proposal which allows the mapping of individual or groups of parking spaces instead of the whole parking facility as one single area. Among other benefits, this will allow for much more accurate routing to parking spaces for disabled individuals.

• Use amenity=parking_space to map individual or groups of similar parking spaces, adding capacity=number of spaces if there is more than one space represented by the node or area.
• Use amenity=parking_entrance to map entrances and exits to underground or multi-storey parking facilities if they are not mapped in detail.
• Use a relation with the tags type=site and site=parking to group parking spaces and parking entrances together to form one parking facility.

A more detailed description can be found in the proposal. Please note that (as of 2011-05-02) renderers and routing programs do not yet evaluate these new tags.

Open Issues

(Please use the Talk page and see the current proposed extension if you want to discuss open issues.)

• Way to mark that it is allowed to park along a road: Proposed_features/parking:lane
• There is no tag for electric vehicle charging points

There is: It is located at amenity=fuel

Similar tags

• amenity=bicycle_parking
• amenity=parking_space
• amenity=parking_entrance

See also

• Key:maxstay
• Proposed features/More Parking Spaces
• Proposed features/parking:lane
• Proposed features/Carpool
• Airports
• For marine vessels: Mapping/Features/Mooring
• landuse=garages for Cooperative garages area. One-storey complex of car houses.
• tourism=caravan_site for caravan dedicated spaces.