Tag:man_made=clothes_line
 man_made = clothes_line
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| Description |
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| A device for drying your clothes. |
| Group: man made |
| Used on these elements |
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| Useful combination |
| See also |
| Status: in use |
| Tools for this tag |
Clothes lines are often found in private gardens, smaller versions on single-family houses, and larger (or longer) ones ones at apartment houses.
How to map
The smaller ones with only one post in the middle can be mapped as a node at the center and tagged with man_made=clothes_line. Sometimes they are fixed at the ground, these get clothes_line=fixed. When they can rotate, add clothes_line=rotary. If it can rotate, it's often removable for bad weather times. Add seasonal=yes, if time is unknown, or another value of seasonal=* if you know the time. Don’t use area or way for these smaller versions with only a single central post, as they can usually be folded up, leaving only the post.
Examples:
The larger versions often use two opposing laundry rods, each anchored to the ground by two posts. Alternatively, they consist of structures made from multiple (metal) bars and posts. Draw an 
area with the posts as corners and add man_made=clothes_line. Alternatively, you can place a node in the center. A laundry rod could be mapped as man_made=laundry_rod. On some large models of clothes lines, people can bring their own clothes wire and connect them with the laundry rods to use them. For this reason, it is strongly discouraged to map the laundry wires without local knowledge. Instead of that you can add the number of possible wires with clothes_wire:count=*, or the total length of all clothes wires with clothes_wire:length=*.
Examples:
If you know that a single clothes line is permanently installed (for example stretched between two posts or two walls), you can map it as a way with the tag man_made=clothes_line.
Examples:
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Clothes lines types
Garden clothes lines often come in different shapes. These can be specified with clothes_line:shape=*. Here are a few examples:
| Key | Value | Comment | Photo |
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clothes_line:shape
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spider
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Often removable, but with a fixed concrete stand in the ground. Can be folded to save space. In aerial imagery identifiable as a white X. | |
clothes_line:shape
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rectangle
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Most larger ones are shaped as a rectangle. Fixed to the ground. In aerial imagery identifiable as |===| . | |
clothes_line:shape
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user_value | Please add new values with description on this site, so other people know about it. |
Additional tags
See also
amenity=clothes_dryer– Alternative tag (with a semantics issue)- Forum discussion from August 2025 regarding a proposal for man_made=clothes_line (to be used instead of amenity=clothes_dryer)