Key:authentication:license_plate

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authentication:license_plate
Description
Authentication to use facility is based on the license plate of a vehicle.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination
Status: in use

Specifies if the authentication to use a facility is based on the [W] license plate (aka number plate). The authentication mechanism is typically used in parking, e.g.

  • on car parks, where license plates are recognized automatically on entry (surveillance:ALPR=yes), or
  • in street parking, where the license plate needs to be entered in an app or on a ticket machine for authentication (and, in case of fee=yes, payment)

How to map

Value Description
yes Authentication via the license plate is supported. If other authentication mechanisms are possible, this is indicated by other authentication:*=* tags.
no (Rare) Authentication via the license plate is not supported.

Typically, authentication:license_plate=yes is combined with tags that indicate the purpose, for which the license plate is used, e.g.

See also