[Tagging] Outdoor deckchairs

[osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au]

A “one person bench” doesn’t seem as rare as people seem to think…

 

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/wildon-home-elmore-one-seat-bench-ut2860.html

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/17-stories-madhav-one-seat-bench-stss5585.html

https://www.wayfair.com/furniture/pdp/andover-mills-delano-one-seat-bench-andv3138.html

https://www.wayfair.com/commercial/pdp/sunpan-modern-ikon-darby-one-seat-bench-snpn4130.html

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From: Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, 30 April 2018 19:06
To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
Subject: Re: [Tagging] Outdoor deckchairs

 

 

 

2018-04-30 10:40 GMT+02:00 <osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au <mailto:osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au> >:

That definition seems overly strict. There is a tag to define how many places a bench has. And I don't think "1" is an invalid value for that...

 

the wiki suggests "1" would indeed be an invalid value for a bench capacity, as would be "0" for instance. I don't think it is unreasonable to ask for a "bench" to be able to accomodate more than one person, otherwise the thing would be called "chair" or maybe "throne". Chairs could have subclasses like armchair, easy_chair, cantilever_chair, but a bench wouldn't fit into a chair category, and vice versa, a chair isn't fitting in the bench category.

FWIW, although chairs don't fit into it, I believe the bench definition is still overly inclusive, as it seems to include any place for more than one person to sit. I would have preferred to include the term "long seat" to make it clear it is about an intentionally set up place.

Cheers,

Martin

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