[Tagging] (Soapy) Massage Parlour

[Dan S]

Hi -

It looks like there's this tag, including a tag suggested for your
specific issue:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmassage

Best
Dan

2014-09-21 4:23 GMT+01:00 Mishari Muqbil <mishari at mishari.net>:
> Hi,
>
> Thailand has these places called "entertainment complexes"[1]  that
> offers bathing + massage services and quite often the expectation is
> that there will be sexual services offered. However, I don't want to tag
> them as brothels as prostitution on the premises is legally not allowed[2].
>
> I propose to tag this as leisure=massage_parlour since that's what the
> Thai English dictionary calls them[3] but I don't want it to be mistaken
> for more family friendly establishments in other parts of the world.
> Colloquially these places are called soapy massage so perhaps
> leisure=soapy_massage? :)
>
> One reason why they should be mapped is just how prominent they are as
> landmarks in general. For example, here's one called Utopia
> http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/z1A8OOUw01E5Jc84Mff-1Q this one's La
> Defense http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ho84IFdUxupke-6pwrWW3g and
> Colonze http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/469ttdMVw4_1o3vkuvE_xw
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#Ab_Ob_Nuat
> [2]
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#The_Entertainment_Places_Act
> [3]
> http://th.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94
> --
> Best regards
> Mishari Muqbil
> EE32 64BD 7D1F 5946
>
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