Key:orientation

The key orientation=* indicates the orientation of the feature with respect to the flow of vehicles or passerby.

Often used on advertising devices tagged with advertising=*, where it gives an indication of the potential impact of the advertising device on the people. Most of the advertising devices are oriented front to the flow, to maximize the impact. Sometimes the orientation is parallel to the flow, and we can find all intermediary orientations. Sometimes the orientation is opposite to the flow. When implemented on crossroad, the orientation is multi-flows.

Also used for street parking where it specifies how parked vehicles are orientated compared to the street (parallel, diagonal or perpendicular).

Recommended use

In context of advertising devices

orientation=front: the advertising device is oriented front to the flow of vehicles or passerby.

orientation=medium: the advertising device is oriented with an angle of 45° with the flow of vehicles or passerby.

orientation=parallel: the advertising device is oriented parallel to the flow of vehicles or passerby.

orientation=opposite: the advertising device is oriented opposite to the flow of vehicles or passerby.

orientation=multi: the advertising device is oriented to multiple flows, for example when implemented on a crossroad.

In context of street parking

If the parking spaces along the road are mapped as attributes of the street, use this key with the street parking prefix (e.g. parking:right:orientation=* or parking:both:orientation=*).

If the parking spaces are mapped separately with amenity=parking, use orientation=* without prefixes. Usually the orientation is only tagged for amenity=parking combined with parking=on_kerb, parking=street_side or parking=lane.

Use one of the following values:

Value	Illustration	Example Image	Description
parallel			Vehicles have to park parallel to the road.
diagonal			Vehicles have to park diagonally. Also known as angle parking or echelon parking.
perpendicular			Vehicles have to park at a 90° angle so that the front or back of the vehicle is pointing straight towards the road centerline.

Common combinations

Combinations on advertising unit

• advertising=*

Combinations on street parking

• highway=* and parking:left=*/parking:right=*/parking:both=* if tagged on the highway line
• amenity=parking and parking=lane;street_side;on_kerb if mapped separately

parking:orientation=*

More details at taginfo

• parking:orientation=*

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
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See also

• For angle values see key:direction.
• Explanations about impact or visibility for advertising devices.