<div dir="ltr">Since <span style="font-size:13px">AirBnB</span>s are primarily private homes, it doesn't seem appropriate to add them to OpenStreetMap. Additionally, it may be a violation of AirBnB's terms of service to take data from their website and host it on another's (OpenStreetMap in this case). Last but definitely not least, if a host decides to stop making their property available through AirBnB, they may or may not know that their home address is still being prominently featured on OpenStreetMap as a guest house. <div><br><div>I'm curious to see what others have to say about this. </div></div><div><br></div><div>(Dave, that listing you linked looks awesome - wish I was there now!)</div><div><br></div><div>-IndyMapper</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Indy</div><div><a href="https://about.me/indyhurt" target="_blank">https://about.me/indyhurt</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Dave Swarthout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com" target="_blank">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I'm looking for a consistent way to tag AirBnB locations. It's probably sufficient to tag them as tourism=guest_house but personally as one who frequently uses AirBnB, I would like to be able to locate them more precisely than is possible using the maps on their website, which are not very exact. The locations can be off by several city blocks and when one is pulling a big roller bag along behind it would be nice be able to walk directly to the correct location.<div><br></div><div>In searching Taginfo, I saw only a few instances of the word "AirBnB" and most of those were tagged as operator=AirBnB. As I understand it, the operators are the owners of the property whereas AirBnB is a corporation that contracts with those owners in some sort of a franchise arrangement.</div><div><br></div><div>Another common tag containing the term "AirBnB" is the website URL that points to the specific property. The one I'm working on at the moment is near where I live and is quite a nice venue:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6020019" target="_blank">https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6020019</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Suggestions?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div><div dir="ltr">Dave Swarthout<br>Homer, Alaska<br>Chiang Mai, Thailand<br>Travel Blog at <a href="http://dswarthout.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://dswarthout.blogspot.com</a></div></div>
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