[Tagging] Research laboratory

[Dan S]

Hi Pierre-Alain,

That's a good question. I thought I'd search a couple of names to see
how they are tagged. Here is a selection:

INRIA (in France):
 * office=research  http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2529263700
 * office=government http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124838923
 * landuse=commercial (huh?) http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/52380877

Fraunhofer (in Germany):
 * office=research http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/146020861
 * office=research http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2869588612
 * landuse=industrial http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/244665212
 * landuse=commercial (huh?) http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/62306004

(I haven't listed entries which don't really have any tagging.)

In my opinion office=research is a good choice, and it is already used a lot:
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/compare/office=research/industrial=laboratory/office=laboratory

Best
Dan

2014-08-05 11:06 GMT+01:00 Pierre-Alain Dorange <pdorange at mac.com>:
> Hello,
>
> First sorry for my poor english, i was french (no one is perfect).
>
> I was looking to tag "Research Laboratory" (either private/commercial
> and public), part or not part of a univercity. This Research laboratory
> are big one with industrial facility (like plant) for biological,
> geological or nuclear research.
>
> I do not find satisfaying tags for that (but perhaps i do not search the
> right way).
>
> OSM wiki do not have info about that (except a 2008 proposal [1])
>
> Taginfo show me :
>
> amenity=laboratory (66)
> building=laboratory (10)
> office=laboratory , but it was pure R&D (not industrial ones)
> health_facility:type=laboratory (138) : but only for medical research
> research_institution=yes (2008 proposal)
> laboratory=*
>
> For big/industrial research lab i would use
>         "industrial=laboratory" + "laboratory=nuclear"
>         inside a "landuse=industrial"
> For small ones (not industrial) :
>         "building=laboratory" + "laboratory=nuclear"
>
> What about this ?
> --
> Pierre-Alain Dorange
> OSM experiences : <http://www.leretourdelautruche.com/map/>
>
>
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