[Tagging] "Pet Relief Areas"

[Bryce Nesbitt]

On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 12:32 AM, John Willis <johnw at mac.com> wrote:
> Since so may people in Japan travel with small dogs, most parking areas
and many service areas have "pet areas" (I think they are called), where
you can let your dog out of the car and walk them or let them deficate.
This is not an enclosed space - there are no fences or facilities.
> They are there specifically to let your pet "relieve" themselves.
> I believe the fenced-in no-leash areas are called dog runs.
> Could these airport areas for pets be be the same thing as my PA/SA areas?

+1

For the same feature I mapped thusly:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/346028062/history


But I was lucky in that there was an "vending=excrement_bags" to map within
it.

                   -Bryce

*Note 1:*
I'd rather duck tag this as an "*amenity=pet_relief_area /
dog_facilities=yes / cat_facilities=no*", but I have long since come to the
conclusion that tagging for the current rendering is necessary.
There are few if any mapped pet relief areas: it will be a long time before
such a feature is rendered on
any map.  *vending=excrement_bags* has tagging strength, and while it is an
imperfect fit for the data, it's a better fit for the current rendering,
and more likely to be accepted for rendering in the foreseeable future.

*Note 2:*
The same feature is now common in high end multifamily buildings.
This feature type has the potential to draw new mappers to the OSM project.

*Note 3:*
See also https://www.aa.com/i18n/disclaimers/animal-relief-chart.jsp
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