Tag:amenity=shower

amenity = shower
Description
Public showers, where people can bathe under water sprays
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: amenities
Used on these elements
Useful combination
name=* fee=yes/no opening_hours=* female=* male=* unisex=*
Status: de facto
amenity=shower $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo
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Public showers, where people can bathe under water sprays. May be run as a local amenity by the government, or part of commercial provisions. May charge a fee.

How to map

Place a node centrally at the location of the showers amenity and tag it amenity=shower. If possible use an area for a shower building and add a node entrance=* to the entrance on the outline. (This is helpful for blind navigation users).

Tags used in combination

Standard combination tags:

• name=* - for the name of the showers (if they have a name)
• operator=*
• opening_hours=*
• fee=yes/no
• supervised=yes/no/interval - whether the showers are staffed with a cleaner; these showers are usually tidier, and the cleaner might expect a tip
• wheelchair=yes/no/limited
  • centralkey=*

Ideas for "access" tags:

• male=yes - male-only or segregated shower
• female=yes - female-only or segregated shower
• unisex=yes - unisex shower
• access=customers - used if shower available only for customers

Additional tags:

• hot_water=yes/fee/no
• indoor=yes - indoor shower
• outdoor=yes - outdoor shower
• capacity=* - capacity of the shower in persons

Showers inside places

Camping sites often have showers for customers, usually in a central services building. Use shower=yes in this cases.

Photos

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  Basel - recreational seasonal shower in the park
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  Landesgartenschau Zülpich 2014 - private garden shower - exposure
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  Salzburg - recreational seasonal shower in the park
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  Indoor public shower
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  Communal shower

Shower road signs

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  Poland
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  Iceland
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  United States

Symbols

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We could do with a better photo illustrating a shower, preferably a specifically public shower.

See also

• amenity=public_bath - a location where the public may bathe in common. May offer more service than simple showers.
• shower=* - mark availability of the shower on camping sites and similar places
• man_made=footwear_decontamination - footwear decontamination station
• emergency=shower

amenity=showers

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More details at taginfo

• amenity=showers

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Related terms: ‹ shower ›