[OSM-newbies] amenity

[Eric Ladner]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:18 AM, Roland OSM <osm222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I saw that there are many POIs (like amenity=bank) which
> are visible in edit mode but
> do not show up in view mode.
>
> I guessed, there does not exist an icon for amenity=bank.
>
> Then I checked page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:amenity
> where for example the value "cafe" has an icon. But when I click on
> the detail page http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Tag:amenity%3Dcafe
> it says "No Image Yet".
>
> Should we see the icon in the map?
>
> Where can I check whether a special value will (or should) be shown up
> in the map?

you can search the source xml that the renderers use for the amenity name:

http://trac.openstreetmap.org/browser/applications/rendering/mapnik/osm.xml

Bank doesn't have an entry in that file, but pub does (gotta keep your
priorities straight, I guess)..

> As I understand the wiki is just like documentation and might be
> outdated.
>
> There are also many other amenities which are not displayed:
> pharmacy, restaurant, theatre, nightclub, fast_food, ...
>
> How can this be fixed?

If something doesn't exists, I suppose you could create one and submit
it to the developers.

>
> Thanks
> Roland
>

-- 
Eric Ladner