Key:capacity

capacity
Description
Describes the capacity a facility is suitable for.
Group: properties
Used on these elements
Useful combination
amenity=bicycle_parking amenity=motorcycle_parking amenity=parking amenity=taxi
See also
rooms=* beds=* seats=* number_of_apartments=*
Status: de facto
capacity=* More details at taginfo
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The tag describes the capacity a facility is suitable for.

Common use cases

• The number of vehicles a facility holds, such as amenity=parking, amenity=bicycle_parking, amenity=taxi, or amenity=fuel.
• The number of visitors a facility holds, such as leisure=stadium, amenity=cinema or tourism=camp_site. However, for tourism=hotel, using rooms=* and beds=* is preferred.
• The number of children or students, an amenity=kindergarten or amenity=school can accept.
• The sleeping capacity of amenity=shelter + shelter_type=basic_hut.
• The number of vehicles that can be charged at the same time at a amenity=charging_station

This key is also used in conjunction with man_made=storage_tank to indicate the (non-discrete) volume=* or mass held by the tank.

Related keys

To further define the capacity for special interest groups, additional tags can be used to describe them in addition to the tag capacity=*:

Key	Value	Apply to	Description
capacity	number		The amount of lots, rooms, seats (or the like) available. (Including all special lots, e.g. parking spaces for disabled drivers)
capacity:disabled=*	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated lots, rooms, seats or other spaces for the disabled are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified. See more...
capacity:women=*	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated lots, rooms, seats or other spaces exclusively for women are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified.
capacity:men=*	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated lots, rooms, seats or other spaces exclusively for men are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified.
capacity:parent=*	yes/no/number		Mostly parking areas: Defines whether or not dedicated parent and child parking spaces are available. If known, the number of spaces can be specified.
capacity:baby=*	number		Mostly playground equipment: Defines how many spaces (out of total capacity=*) are dedicated for small babies. Avoids ambiguity of baby=*.
capacity:charging=*	yes/no/number		Defines whether or not dedicated charging spaces are available when used with amenity=parking. If known, the number of spaces can be specified. capacity=* should be used in conjunction with amenity=charging_station.
capacity:truck=* capacity:bus=* capacity:motorcar=* capacity:cargo_bike=* capacity:motorcycle=*	yes/no/number		A transportation mode (a.k.a vehicle category) can be added as subkey to mark the number of trucks or buses a parking lot can accommodate. Or, e.g. in bicycle parking, number of spots, designed explicitly for cargo bikes.
capacity:persons=*	number		Defines how many persons can be carried, used for example together with highway=elevator. If it's obvious that the maximum number of persons of a feature is meant, just use capacity=* for it.
capacity:persons=* capacity:caravans=* capacity:tents=* capacity:pitches=* capacity:beds=* capacity:rooms=*	number		On campsites capacity=* is ambiguous thus use the suitable subkeys to distinguish between number of persons and number of pitches. For a tourism=guest_house you may use Simple_Indoor_Tagging.
capacity:pupils=* capacity:teachers=* capacity:classrooms=*	number		Undocumented keys - Number of pupils/students and teachers a school is built for. Almost all occurrences are from few imports of data.
capacity:standard=* capacity:long=*	number		Defines the capacity of small / large vehicles when used with amenity=parking. if used with highway=services, highway=rest_area use parking:capacity:standard=*, parking:capacity:long=*.

See also

• seats=* - the number of seats on a bench
• aerialway:capacity=*: different definition, about the number of passengers that can be transported by the whole aerialway=* system.

Possible tagging mistakes

occupancy=*

More details at taginfo

• occupancy=* ‒ Compare aerialway:occupancy=* for the individual aerialway=* vehicle.

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