[Tagging] Opening hours, default for public holidays

[Robin Schneider]

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On 19.11.2015 13:01, Stephan Knauss wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> the wiki page describes that "PH off" is required in case something is 
> closed on a public holiday.
> 
> This page confirms it: 
> http://openingh.openstreetmap.de/evaluation_tool/?setLng=de a facility
> tagged with "Mo-Fr 10:00-18:00" would be open on Christmas Friday.
> 
> Wouldn't it be much more meaningful to assume a default of "PH off" and 
> just specify situations in which this is not the default? Likely the 
> majority of amenities with tagged opening hours are closed on public 
> holidays.
> 
> Check of OSM data: Out of 445 banks in Bavaria with opening hours 417 would
> be open on a public holiday (which is certainly always wrong).
> 
> Having the need to add PH off to every single entry would make it explicit,
>  but is contrary to the typical common understanding of opening hours. And
>  we also don't add oneway=no to the highways to make it explicit.
> 
> So I suggest to adopt a default understanding of "PH off" unless tagged 
> otherwise.
> 
> Would it be worth opening a ticket here? 
> https://github.com/ypid/opening_hours.js


Good evening Stephan

You are not the first one with this idea. It has already be discoursed and it
was rejected. Such a proposal would make sense when looking only at Germany
but it does not work so well when applied worldwide …

Refs:

- - (Assuming you speak German):
https://blog.openstreetmap.de/blog/2015/04/wochenaufgabe-oeffnungszeiten/#comment-143413
- -
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/opening_hours_default_PH_off

- -- 
Live long and prosper
Robin `ypid` Schneider
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