[Tagging] [OpenStreetMap] social facility

[Sam Vekemans]

yup,
just change 'social_facility:for=homeless'
to
shelter=homess'


this way it's a clear sub-sub-tag


cheers,
sam

On 9/13/10, Sean Horgan <seanhorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 21:52, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Sean Horgan <seanhorgan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > social_facility=emergency_shelter (a shelter for homeless people e.g. in
>> > case of a disaster)
>>
>> The description there looks horribly confusing to me. The words
>> "homeless shelter" leap off the page, even though that's not what it's
>> describing.
>>
>>
> Agreed, this description didn't work and that's what we're clearing up.  In
> fact I believe kerosin just removed that from the social_facility proposal
> page:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/social_facility
>
>
>
>> > social_facility=emergency
>>
>> That tag strikes me as not intuitive - you need an accompanying
>> description to have any idea what it's describing.
>>
>
> There is a clear distinct between homeless people during normal times and
> those who do not have homes during a disaster.  The Humanitarian OSM tags
> refers to the latter group as Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs).  Having
> thought about it some more, I don't think we should include emergency
> facilities into a social facilities feature as they serve different
> populations at different times.
>
> Here is an example of how a homeless shelter feature could be defined:
>
> amenity=social_facility
> + social_facility=shelter
> + social_facility:for=homeless
> + name=Loaves and Fishes Dining Room
> + operator=Sacramento Loaves and Fishes
> +building=yes
> + wheelchair=yes
> + opening hours=24/7
> +Addr:Street=1321 North C Street
> +Addr:City=Sacramento
> +Addr:State=CA
>
> A newbie question I have goes beyond the definition of social_facility and
> into capturing more specific information about a homeless shelter, such as
> specific programs they provide (e.g. veterans, jail visitation, job
> training).  Would it be appropriate to introduce a separate homeless_shelter
> tag for that purpose?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Sean
>
>
>> That's my first glance reaction, which is worth what you paid for it.
>>
>> Steve
>>
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