[Tagging] Animal rescue centre

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/10/4 Dave F. <davefox at madasafish.com>:
>> animal=shelter
>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Animal

> This appears to be round the wrong way.


might be


> As these types of places tend to occupy a large area, it's drawn as a closed
> way or even as the actual buildings rather than a POI.


a POI is not just a point, it can be just as well a way or an area.


> This implies that the actual physical structure is an animal.


hm, so in leisure=park the actual physical structure is a leisure?


> It should be something like:
> building=animal_rescue_centre


It can have a building tag, but I'd suggest to tag
building=<building-type> and not building=<building-function>

cheers,
Martin