[OSM-newbies] Any tag available for a bus hire company?

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 11/01/13 09:59, Matt Williams wrote:
> On 10 January 2013 23:58, Sebastian Arcus <shop at open-t.co.uk> wrote:
>> There is a local company which does bus hire. For example double-decker
>> buses (with drivers) for weddings and other occasions. I can't figure out
>> what should they be tagged as. I don't think amenity=car_hire would come
>> even close to their scope of activity. Is there some other type of vehicle
>> hire tag - or similar that could be used instead? Surely these
>> places/companies exist in other places around UK (and other countries, I
>> guess)? Maybe I should at least tag their premises with the proposed tag
>> landuse=depot?
>
> I would probably go with a simple amenity=bus_hire. It's never been
> used before but that shouldn't stop you.
>
> If you have the time you could always document the way that you've
> used it on the wiki
> (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=bus_hire) so that in
> the future other can do similarly.
>
> Also, I notice that you've got a co.uk email address. We've got a
> local UK OSM mailing list so if you're not already on that, feel free
> to join up (http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb).
>

Thanks Matt. Both very good suggestions.