[Tagging] self-storage facilities

[John F. Eldredge]

So, landuse=self_storage would probably be the way to tag them, using out convention of underscores as separators.  "Self-storage" is also the standard USA term for such facilities.  From my personal experience, they typically have several different sizes of enclosed spaces available, some opening directly to the outdoors (as in the photo) and some off interior hallways.

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Subject :Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities
From  :mailto:richard.mann.westoxford at gmail.com
Date  :Sat Dec 11 16:09:29 America/Chicago 2010


"self-storage" would be the usual term in en-gb

photo of one attached (not in OSM - yet)

Richard

On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Ed Hillsman <ehillsman at tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> Is there a recommended way to tag self-storage facilities? The closest I've
> been able to find is the tag landuse=garages
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/tag:landuse%3Dgarages)
> but the wiki discussion is of car storage, and the discussion of the
> proposal for that tag seems to indicate that it was intended to tag
> extensive garage areas in residential areas. In the US, we have similar
> structures, but they typically are located in commercial or retail areas;
> are owned and operated by private firms charging rent for space; and are
> probably used more for storing household furnishings, clothing, and other
> items than they are for storing cars. Access to the individual storage units
> is typically through a locked gate. These facilities occupy a substantial
> amount of territory in some suburban areas. I'm willing to draft a proposal
> if there isn't already a way to tag these, and if someone can advise me on
> the British English term for these facilities. I agree with a number of the
> comments on the landuse=garages proposal that landuse= is probably not the
> right category for this kind of service, but shop= doesn't seem right
> either.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ed HIllsman
>
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