[Tagging] tagging government garages

[Katie Filbert]

On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>  
wrote:

> landuse=garage seems pretty tightly focused right now.

I'm not familiar with the landuse=garage tag.

> what i'd like to tag that doesn't really fit are
> garages operated by various government entities,
> e.g.
>
> garages operated by school districts for their bus services
> garages operated by towns, counties, and state DOT
>   organizations to support highway maintenance.
>
> these are the obvious ones, although there are also
> garages devoted to commercial vehicle fleets.
>
> anyone have any thoughts on this?

I would tag them as amenity=parking + access=private + operator=New  
York State Department of Transortation (or whatever applicable) +  
name=___ (fill blank)

Maybe also use landuse=commercial?

Katie


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