[Tagging] Feature Proposal - Draft - Depot

[Richard Welty]

On 12/16/10 10:36 AM, Simone Saviolo wrote:
> 2010/12/16 Pieren<pieren3 at gmail.com>:
>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Simone Saviolo<simone.saviolo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Why "landuse=depot" ? I don't like to use amenity for "everything" but it's
>> very closed to the already existing amenity=parking which is not
>> "landuse=parking"
> It is not only about reserved parking lots for buses or vehicles. A
> parking has no maintenance equipment; depots may even have whole
> buildings designed for maintenance, storage or security. Also, the
> depot may just be a storage area.
>
depots around here frequently include vehicle & equipment repair
facilities and highway depots will usually have storage for gravel
and salt (or other de-icing agents), as well as storage for truck
attachments that are for seasonal usage (e.g. plows and
salt distribution devices get put on town vehicles for winter use
only.)

richard