[Tagging] amenity=bicycle_repair_station

[Andy Townsend]

On 10/11/2015 02:41, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> amenity=bicycle_repair_station has a problem: it's attracting lots of 
> active tagging
> of shops offering bicycle repair.  For example: 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3772809894
> and http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/337421757
>
>
> That was not the intent.  amenity=bicycle_repair_station was meant for 
> unattended
> tool stands, often outdoors, often 24/7, generally public.
>
> I'm seeking support for a mechanical edit to a new tag name.
> There are known automated clients of this tag, and I am in contact 
> with both.
>

An alternative suggestion - lobby the authors of iD to include the word 
"repair" in the "bicycle shop" description, or otherwise influence the 
search results.  If you search for "bicycle", bicycle shop is ahead of 
bicycle repair station.  If you search for "repair", you get "Car repair 
shop", "bicycle repair station", "bookbinder".

A mechanical edit would just confuse all the humans (me included) who 
have just learnt what a "bicycle repair station" is.

Cheers,
Andy