Key:bench

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Public-images-osm logo.svg bench
Chulalongkorn University bus stop.jpg
Description
Used to indicate whether the feature has any benches or not. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: amenities
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Documented values: 1
Useful combination
See also
Status: de facto

This key with the values bench=yes/no is used mostly in combination with other tags (e.g. highway=bus_stop and amenity=shelter) to indicate that the feature in question includes benches. For isolated benches, amenity=bench is the usual method.

Type of bench

Some mappers also use bench=* to specify the "type" of a bench:

bench:type=* also used for this purpose, e.g. bench:type=stand_up.

Related tags

  • seats=* - number of available seats