[OSM-newbies] Public dinner room?

[John F. Eldredge]

Aspen Swartz <aspendel at gmail.com> wrote:

> In my part of the world we call that a "picnic shelter".
> 
> Aspen
> 
> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net> wrote:
> > Al 14/04/12 19:54, En/na John Sturdy ha escrit:
> >
> >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Xan<dxpublica at telefonica.net>
>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> How to tag a public dinner room?
> >>
> >> No-one's yet suggested a tagging for this, so I'll try starting
> one...
> >>
> >> It should probably be under "amenity=" (although picnic sites are
> done
> >> as "tourism=picnic_site", but this one doesn't sound like it's
> >> specifically a tourist facility).
> >>
> >> We could either use "amenity=dining_room", or "amenity=dining_area"
> >> with "location=indoor" (or "location=covered" if there's a roof but
> no
> >> walls); the latter would be more flexible, also allowing for other
> >> locations such as outdoor (when it's a dining area but not a
> touristic
> >> picnic site).
> >
> >
> > I will be great!!!
> > amenity is more convenient, I think.
> > amenity="eating_area"? because you could dinner or even lunch, or
> ...
> > location options are good for me
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Xan.
> >
> >>
> >> The number of people the room can accomodate (number of seats,
> >> usually) would probably be "capacity="
> >>
> >> The organization providing the facility would probably be done with
> >> the "operator" key.
> >>
> >> "location", "capacity", and "operator" are well-established key
> names.
> >>
> >> Other existing tags that may be relevant include "opening_hours",
> >> "access", and "wheelchair" (the last of those being used to
> indicate
> >> whether access to the area is step-free or not).
> >>
> >> __John
> >>

To me, "picnic shelter" implies a pavilion, with a roof but open on all sides.  The facilities described in this thread are apparently inside regular buildings.

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