<div dir="ltr">@Dan S — Good answer. I was wondering how to tag such places myself.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Dan S <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:danstowell+osm@gmail.com" target="_blank">danstowell+osm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi -<br>
<br>
It looks like there's this tag, including a tag suggested for your<br>
specific issue:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmassage" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmassage</a><br>
<br>
Best<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Dan<br>
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2014-09-21 4:23 GMT+01:00 Mishari Muqbil <<a href="mailto:mishari@mishari.net">mishari@mishari.net</a>>:<br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Thailand has these places called "entertainment complexes"[1]  that<br>
> offers bathing + massage services and quite often the expectation is<br>
> that there will be sexual services offered. However, I don't want to tag<br>
> them as brothels as prostitution on the premises is legally not allowed[2].<br>
><br>
> I propose to tag this as leisure=massage_parlour since that's what the<br>
> Thai English dictionary calls them[3] but I don't want it to be mistaken<br>
> for more family friendly establishments in other parts of the world.<br>
> Colloquially these places are called soapy massage so perhaps<br>
> leisure=soapy_massage? :)<br>
><br>
> One reason why they should be mapped is just how prominent they are as<br>
> landmarks in general. For example, here's one called Utopia<br>
> <a href="http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/z1A8OOUw01E5Jc84Mff-1Q" target="_blank">http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/z1A8OOUw01E5Jc84Mff-1Q</a> this one's La<br>
> Defense <a href="http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ho84IFdUxupke-6pwrWW3g" target="_blank">http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ho84IFdUxupke-6pwrWW3g</a> and<br>
> Colonze <a href="http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/469ttdMVw4_1o3vkuvE_xw" target="_blank">http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/469ttdMVw4_1o3vkuvE_xw</a><br>
><br>
> Any thoughts?<br>
><br>
> [1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#Ab_Ob_Nuat" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#Ab_Ob_Nuat</a><br>
> [2]<br>
> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#The_Entertainment_Places_Act" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#The_Entertainment_Places_Act</a><br>
> [3]<br>
> <a href="http://th.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94" target="_blank">http://th.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94</a><br>
> --<br>
> Best regards<br>
> Mishari Muqbil<br>
> EE32 64BD 7D1F 5946<br>
><br>
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