[Tagging] Bus depot?

[Simone Saviolo]

2010/12/16 Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>:
> On 12/15/10 5:59 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Dave F.<davefox at madasafish.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Personally I'd go for landuse=bus_depot. but I'm open to suggestions.
>>
>> So landuse=* is going to be the new dumping ground? :) I had thought
>> landuse=* was for general categories, like "there is industrial
>> activity in this area" without picking out a particular item.
>>
>> Could we break out into a new top level tag: transport=depot,
>> depot=bus?  (Because presumably we also want tram depots, etc etc.)
>
> transportation departments have depots for highway maintenence
> school districts have bus depots
> there are commercial bus depots as well, and
> public transit bus depots.
>
> maybe transport is ok, but let's make sure we enumerate the choices
> so we're reasonably complete.

That was our reasoning, in fact. On talk-it we also discussed depot
areas where not only vehicles are stored; for example there may be
maintenance buildings or other various pieces of equipment.

I'm announcing the proposal ASAP, so we can discuss it there.

> richard

Ciao,

Simone