Key:model

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Description
Model designation of a manufactured object Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesshould not be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)should not be used on relations (except multipolygon relations)
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

model=* specifies the model designation of a manufactured object. It is currently used on a wide variety of man-made objects, for example:


To indicate the manufacturer of the object use manufacturer=*.

model=* should contain a designation that allows to distinguish a class of objects with the same design and/or charateristics amongst those produced by the same manufacturer. Generic classifications which are not limited to a single manufacturer don't belong to model=* but rather to domain-specific tags (for example aircraft:type=* for historic=aircraft).

Possible tagging mistakes

  • manufacturer:type=* ‒ a bad tag, since it does not express the type of manufacturer as one would think
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Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!