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<div>I expected gatehouse to be used for something like<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carisbrooke_Castle_gatehouse.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carisbrooke_Castle_gatehouse.jpg</a><br></div><div dir="auto">or<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gatehouse_and_watchtowers,_Milton-Lockhart_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3529225.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gatehouse_and_watchtowers,_Milton-Lockhart_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3529225.jpg</a></div><div dir="auto">or at least<br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wingerworth_-_gatehouses_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2083247.jpg">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wingerworth_-_gatehouses_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2083247.jpg</a><br></div><div>but if such distinction does not exist and is used also for meager container boxes<br></div><div dir="auto">then attempt to force distinction is unlikely to work.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">can you confirm that gatehouse would be used also for such meager box,<br></div><div dir="auto">alse where there is neither gate nor house being present?<br></div><div><br></div><div>16 lip 2022, 10:56 od phil@trigpoint.me.uk:<br></div><blockquote class="tutanota_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid #93A3B8; padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 5px;"><div>Kiosk doesn't sound right to my native speaker ears, we normally call them gatehouses. Guard house if it is military.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Phil (trigpoint) <br></div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, 16 July 2022, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:<br></div><blockquote><div>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STANTA_guard_post_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3176566.jpg<br></div><div>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guard_booth_20190426_135110.jpg<br></div><div>https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guard_booth_CUHK.JPG<br></div><div>https://www.gaport.com/guard_houses.htm<br></div><div><br></div><div>how such boxes should be tagged?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is it OK to use building=kiosk? After all, architectural form is basically the same<br></div><div>and retail function of kiosk can and should be tagged by marking <br></div><div>shop=kiosk or shop=ticket or shop=gift as a sepaarte object<br></div><div>(or with building:use=* on the building)<br></div><div><br></div><div>note - this is not about gatehouses that form gate over road<br></div><div><br></div><div>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dkiosk definition<br></div><div>restricts it solely to retail and I think that it makes sense to change it<br></div><div><br></div><div>After all, there may be some tourism information kiosk, or one with<br></div><div>police stationed inside or with guard or toll collector.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Sent from my Sailfish device<br></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>Tagging mailing list<br></div><div>Tagging@openstreetmap.org<br></div><div>https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging<br></div></blockquote><div dir="auto"><br></div> </body>
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