[Tagging] (Soapy) Massage Parlour

[johnw]

Yea, it's a brothel - but it is avery particular style of brothel in Asia to get around the laws , and AFAIK has very different customs than what I imagine a more european or australian brothel is. because of the type of service that is expected, I don't believe it meshes well with what someone going to the red light district in Amsterdam would be expecting from a "brothel". 

Amenity is jam packed with stuff, so amenity=soapland seems reasonable, but is there an adult=* key? or a brothel=* subtag?

Javbw


On Sep 22, 2014, at 9:49 PM, Guttorm Flatabø <post at guttormflatabo.com> wrote:

> 2014-09-22 13:47 GMT+02:00 Mishari Muqbil <mishari at mishari.net>:
> I realise that it's my fault for not being very clear from the beginning. I think as John mentions, amenity=soapland is about right. I do suspect that the establishments in Thailand are based on the same concept as those which exist in Japan.
> 
> That being the case I'd say they really do qualify as amenity=brothel. It doesn't really matter that they're not officially brothels, or don't label themselves as such, that doesn't change the fact. Nor should you be liable in any way for mapping facts.
> 
> However, amenity=soapland would be more precise and give more information, and there's also a decent Wikipedia page about it. I'd say it's really a sub group/type of amenity=brothel though.
> 
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