Talk:Key:destination:symbol

Most common values

Due to comma-separated nature of destination tagging schema, using Taginfo templates to determine most common values is not feasible. Therefore I created a small script that used taginfo api to query 2500 most common values for all 6 subkey variants and output top 120 of them into table. Data is provided as of 3 April 2021. In following table, uses are counted on per-tag basis, meaning that multiple uses of same symbol within tag are counted as same use (e.g 50 uses of motorway|motorway|motorway;airport are counted as 50 uses of airport and 50 uses of motorway). Note capitalization of some values.

• Green - value is present on page
• Yellow - there is similar tag already present on page or in this list
• Red - value is not present on page

Value	Count	Value	Count	Value	Count	Value	Count
motorway	12110	hotel	263	freight_village	61	DBTram	33
airport	10194	train	231	commercial	61	hgv	30
industrial	6462	S-Bahn	212	shop	60	MTB	29
hospital	4783	information	197	truck_stop	59	golf	28
centre	3290	parking_truck	183	Taxi	58	emergency_phone	26
parking	3188	swimming	168	city_centre	58	exchange_office	26
fuel	2629	funicular	152	Lift	58	sea	25
food	1879	camping	142	castle	57	noexit	24
bus	1410	Tram	134	uturn	56	trade_fair	24
toilets	1347	church	123	MVGU3	54	arrivals	23
rest_area	1319	gondola	120	trunk	54	service	22
train_station	1282	tunnel	116	railroad_freight_terminal	53	BUS	22
lodging	1242	zoo	113	swimming_hall	49	departures	22
ferry	947	MVVLift	108	shopping	49	city	21
restaurant	803	chalets	100	sports_centre	49	subway	21
camp_site	729	beach	91	bridge	46	cemetery	21
fuel_diesel	693	DBLift	86	caravan_site	45	fuel_cng	21
motorroad	656	attraction	86	port	43	MVGU5	21
stadium	654	fuel_lpg	83	historic	43	DB	21
harbour	635	railway_station	83	wifi	42	SEV	20
interchange	630	MVVLift hoch	77	MVVLift runter	39	MVGU1	20
viewpoint	591	Hospital	77	restaurants	39	cargo	19
info	547	phone	73	bicycle	38	fishing	18
park_and_ride	521	toll	73	park	37	sport	18
police	467	cafe	71	MVGU6	35	bus_stop	17
Aufzug	337	tourist_information	69	museum	34	bus_station	17
U-Bahn	322	Airport	68	car_repair	34	MVGU7	17
Bus	286	cable_car	68	fair	34	car_shuttle_train	16
covered_parking	286	center	63	MVGU2	33	ferry:funicular	16
soccer_stadium	277	aerialway	62	fuel_ev	33	no	16

Fghj753 (talk) 09:33, 17 February 2021 (UTC). Updated on 3 April 2021.

@Fghj753: can you share this script under some open source license? Either directly here or by posting to gist/github etc? Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 22:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

@Mateusz Konieczny: I'm not sure how wiki talk replies work. Link to github In far future, when that link no longer works, try some repo's subdirectory. Fghj753 (talk) 22:36, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

S-Bahn is IMO an important value, though for these I've added, I used s-train instead under the idea that it's more generic than S-Bahn (so you can have country dependent values) but also because it's used in other tags as well. U-Bahn is similar since it's synonymous to subway (it's actually crazy how more common it is compared to subway, though). --ManuelB701 (talk) 16:33, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Commuter is the common English word for S-Bahn. Please see service=commuter wiki page. Vanagaudi (talk) 12:08, 17 July 2026 (UTC)

The differentiation between the symbols "S" and "U" for Stadtbahn, S-Bahn vs. U-Bahn" may be a quite specific German issue. If you want to have the possibility for reconstructing the correct symbol from the tag than you have to differentiate between the different types of "commuters". Therfore I think it could be useful to keep U-Bahn and S-Bahn as the terms are not translatable.

There are in fact regional differences: e.g.: in Hamburg and Berlin you have narrow-gauge U-Bahn (even if it may be not a subway) in contrast to the standard gauge "S-Bahn" that shares the railway with the long distance trains. In other cities where you have a tramway it is sometimes called "Stadtbahn" and uses narrow-gauge railways but the Symbol "S" (e.g. Bielefeld). Btw: I'm stumbling about the term "subway"... isn't the British English term (as recommended in the tag guidelines) "underground"? Or is "underground" only a brand name? Segubi (talk) 07:55, 18 July 2026 (UTC)