[Tagging] Research laboratory

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2014-08-05 12:06 GMT+02:00 Pierre-Alain Dorange <pdorange at mac.com>:

> amenity=laboratory (66)
>


I think this would be a generic tag for a single laboratory. (generic,
because a laboratory will be very different according to what you are doing
there, e.g. developping photos, medical research, medical analysis,
developing motors, research on radio waves, ...). Even something like
"chemistry_laboratory" will still be quite generic with respect to the
different kind of actual chemical laboratories that there are in the world.





> building=laboratory (10)
>


fine for a lab building, not sufficient (IMHO) for the lab itself
(function, user)



> office=laboratory , but it was pure R&D (not industrial ones)
>


doesn't make sense to me. Something is typically either a lab or an office
(different specs / requirements)



> health_facility:type=laboratory (138) : but only for medical research
>


I am not sure I'd use this for research, but I'd probably use it for
"service" labs (i.e. a lab that does blood analysis or other kind of
medical analysis)


research_institution=yes (2008 proposal)
>


this will fit on the institution, e.g. Fraunhofer, Max-Planck, CNR in
Italy, etc.



> laboratory=*
>


sounds like a tag to refine the type of lab



>
> For big/industrial research lab i would use
>         "industrial=laboratory" + "laboratory=nuclear"
>         inside a "landuse=industrial"
>



in the case of nuclear I'd like agree, while not everyone conducting
research for an industrial user, or owned by an industrial company will
himself be considered industrial (IMHO). Maybe this something we should
clarify / reach for consensus: what is "industrial" meaning ? In building
law, industrial usage is typically opposed to research or administration
usage, because you'd expect the latter to create less pollution, (noise,
smell etc.) and they are therefor more compatible with residential
requirements.



> For small ones (not industrial) :
>         "building=laboratory" + "laboratory=nuclear"
>


what is your definition of an "industrial laboratory" and which other types
would you like to be there? FWIW, I'd interpret this tag combination as a
lab building for nuclear research or analysis, but I wouldn't necessarily
expect a nuclear lab working inside (could also be a disused lab).


I have found these (in small) use tags in the amenity namespace (which I
would likely expect this to be in):
17
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research*_institution
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research_institution>
16
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research>
11
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research*_institute
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research_institute>
6
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research*_centre
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research_centre>
6
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research*_station
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research_station>
3
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*research*_center
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=research_center>
3
old_*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/old_amenity>
*research*_institution
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/old_amenity=research_institution>
1
*amenity* <http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/amenity>
*Research* Institute
<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/amenity=Research%20Institute>


cheers,
Martin
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