[Tagging] About "url" Key

[Serge Wroclawski]

On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Taichi Furuhashi <taichi at osmf.jp> wrote:
> Hi OSM tagging ML
>
> I'm working some Mapping projects in Tsunami affected area, JAPAN.
> In this week end, we will held a mapping party with local people.
>
> Just I have two simple questions about "url" key.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:url
> (I know "website" key for Official web site.)
>
> 1) Can we use "url" key for general(non ODbL/CC BY-SA) website? ex. Google+
> Local
> url=https://plus.google.com/109010197644072797677

Usually the "url" tag is used for an organization's website. For
example, many musems, libraries, restaurants, etc. have an official
website. That's what the website (or url) tag is for (I think
"website" is actually preferred but url is just as good).

I'd generally not use a Google+ page for a site, just like I wouldn't
use a Facebook page, or a MySpace page, or a Twitter account, unless
that was the only site that exists, and is curated by the organization
itself. Does Tokorozawa control that Google+ site? Doesn't the city
have its own website, like http://www.city.tokorozawa.saitama.jp/ ?

In this case, of a prefecture, I'd suggest using the wikipedia tag,
and putting in en:Tokorozawa,_Saitama (obviously change the wikipedia
link to the relevant one in Japanese).

> 2) And also, if that shop has other evaluation sites like the Michelin,
> tabelog and more.
> How to divide those information?

Those generally aren't linked to. If we did, we'd be inundated with
links for every site in the world who does reviews for nearly every
POI on the map.

- Serge