[Tagging] How to map holiday flats? New tag "tourism=holiday_flat" or extend existing "tourism=chalet"

[Philip Barnes]

Hi Nounours
I know its an American, not an English word, but tourism=apartment has
237 uses. 

http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/tourism=apartment

I agree flat should be the correct term, but maybe too late to change
now.

Phil (trigpoint)

On Thu, 2014-01-02 at 14:48 +0100, nounours77 wrote:
> Dear all,
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> Mapping holiday flats is interesting, since if I look for a holiday flat at a location that interests me, I can spot available flats e.g. close to the beach or the village etc. and access directly to the contact information.
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> Or, currently there are tags for all kind of accommodation: hotels, hostels, guesthouses ... but not for holiday flats.
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> The closest tag is "tourism=chalet", which also is for a rental accommodation. But this tag is more meant for standalone houses, where you rent the entire house, and more in a mountain context, where houses are more isolated. It might be possible though to slightly extend this tag and use it also for holiday flats.
> The problem is, that actually, there are renderers which render chalets on a higher zoom level, since there often in lonely regions. Where as holiday flats are often more dense, where there might be a lot in a single village.
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> Please see the proposal here:
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/holiday_flat
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> Thanks for your comment on making a new tag or extending "tourism=chalet".
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> Nounours
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