Tag:amenity=fuel

amenity = fuel
Description
A retail facility for refueling motor vehicles
Rendering in OSM Carto
Group: amenities
Used on these elements
Useful combination
addr:*=* name=* brand=* fuel:*=* opening_hours=* operator=* payment:*=* phone=* website=* capacity=* self_service=* maxheight=*
See also
amenity=charging_station
Status: de facto
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The fuel tag is used to map a fuel station, also known as a filling station, petrol station, gas station and petrol garage. It is the retail-type facility where motor vehicles can be refueled. Fuel stations for watercraft, aircraft and rail vehicles are using different tags (see below).

How to map

Add a node at the centre of the fuel station or create a way around the fueling area and add amenity=fuel and name=* to it. The brand is usefully used for the name. If it can be used by large vehicles add hgv=yes.

Names

Often the station is operated operator=* by one of the major brands brand=*. If the station has a name of its own, that can be tagged too using name=*.

Contact details

Tags such as addr:*=* (Addresses), phone=* / contact:phone=* and website=* / contact:website=* are spread widely.

Fuel types

Different fuel types are tagged as mentioned at fuel:*=*

Payment and Discounts

Use payment:*=* to tag payment options. Tag discounts as fuel:discount=<discount programme> in combination with amenity=fuel if the fuel station accepts discount vouchers, e.g. shopper dockets or other loyalty programmes.

Service

Add the opening hours using the key opening_hours=*. For data about wheelchair access, see wheelchair=*. There are not agreed upon tags for different levels of service, but both self_service=yes/no and full_service=yes/no and automated=yes/no have been used. Note that a gas station can be both self serve and full serve. The expectation for the default values of self_service and full_service will probably vary greatly from location to location, so it’s probably best to always explicitly specify both to take the guessing out of it. When conditions vary along the day you could apply the conditional restrictions scheme. Here are some examples of use:

• Only serviced by attendant:
  • self_service=no
  • full_service=yes
• Self service always available, attended only during the day:
  • self_service=yes
  • full_service=no
  • full_service:conditional=yes @ 06:00-18:00
• Self service only available at night when no attendant is present:
  • self_service=yes
  • self_service:conditional=no @ 06:00-18:00
  • full_service=no
  • full_service:conditional=yes @ 06:00-18:00

Capacity

Indicate the size of the station using the key capacity=*, this should be the total number of pumps available, that is the number of vehicles which could be refuelling at any one time. Optionally include more detail with capacity for specific vehicle types such as capacity:hgv=*.

Surroundings

• The roof of petrol stations can be tagged with building=roof and layer=1.
• It is also a good idea to tag the ways leading to, through and away from the fuel station with highway=service and if applicable oneway=yes. Use the maxheight=* tag to indicate the maximum height for a vehicle that can access the fuel pumps under the roof. Alternatively the area around the fuel pumps may be tagged as area:highway=service and surface=*.
• advertising=totem for advertising totems with prices
• man_made=fuel_pump + amenity=vending_machine + vending=fuel for micromapping the individual fuel pumps
  • (Consider, however, using amenity=vending_machine and vending=fuel only if the pump is self-service and supports pay-at-the-pump; for others man_made=fuel_pump will suffice.)

The entire area of the gas station

Use landuse=retail for the entire area of the gas station.

Additional services

Note the rule One feature, one OSM element!

• Shop: Add a node with shop=convenience or shop=kiosk or tag the building related to the fuel station if there is a convenience shop or kiosk as part of the fueling area.
• Fast-food: If you can buy fast food (eg. hot-dogs) at a petrol station use fast_food=* in combination with main tag.
• Car Wash: car_wash=yes

Or add an additional node amenity=car_wash if there is a car wash on site.

• Toilets: toilets=yes/no

Or map toilets as an additional node with amenity=toilets.

• Compressed air: compressed_air=yes/no

Or add an additional node with amenity=compressed_air.

• Vacuum cleaner: Add a node for amenity=vacuum_cleaner
• Refill drinking water tank (caravans, buses etc): Add water_point=yes or add node for amenity=water_point to mark the location of this facility.
• Empty septic tank (caravans, buses etc): Add sanitary_dump_station=yes or add node for amenity=sanitary_dump_station to mark the exact place of facility.

Example

Picture/Description	Tags	Openstreetmap Carto
	amenity=fuel brand=CONCH operator=BigOil Inc. name=Classic tenant=John Doe opening_hours=Mo-Fr 05:30-23:00; Sa 07:00-21:00; Su off payment:cash=yes payment:mastercard=yes payment:visa=yes payment:diners_club=no payment:american_express=yes payment:maestro=yes payment:dkv=yes payment:uta=yes fuel:diesel=yes fuel:octane_91=yes fuel:octane_95=yes fuel:octane_98=yes fuel:e10=yes fuel:lpg=yes fuel:LH2=yes also an area with building=yes or building=roof and a way as highway=service with covered=yes for way portions under the roof	Goto this place(52.98770 N, 8.87101 E)

Possible tagging mistakes

nobrand=*

More details at taginfo

• nobrand=* ‒ This tag was set on Italian fuel stations by mistake and without approval, during the 2018 Italian fuel station import [1]. The tag is being slowly removed over time from the Italian fuel stations (example). This tag is to be removed, not replaced.

If you know places with this tag, verify if it could be tagged with another tag.
Automated edits are strongly discouraged unless you really know what you are doing!

See also

• amenity=charging_station - Charging station, a station that supplies energy to electrical vehicles.
• Proposed features/fuel - approved proposal for second level tags.
• man_made=fuel_pump - a fuel pump also known as petrol pump or gas pump located within a fuel station (for micromapping the individual fuel pumps).
• man_made=fuel_column - there exists more popular man_made=fuel_pump tag with the same meaning, please use that instead.

Fuel stations for other vehicle classes are should be tagged as:

• waterway=fuel - Fuel station for watercraft
• aeroway=fuel - Fuel station for aircraft
• railway=fuel - Fuel station for rail vehicle

Fuel for non-automotive use (heating, cooking, etc.) should be tagged as:

• shop=fuel - a shop selling coal, charcoal, coke, firewood, wood briquettes, wood pellets etc. for small to medium purposes.

External links

• https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/differing-approaches-to-tagging-vending-machines-for-motor-fuel-dispensing-have-caused-confusion/103421 - how to tag motorcycle fuel stations?

Related terms: ‹ gas station › ‹ petrol station ›