[Tagging] species:name - for name of species at attraction=animal

[Brian M. Sperlongano]

I think this is an excellent idea and would 100% vote for it.  My first
reaction was "doesn't zoo=enclosure do this?", but apparently, that tag is
for the type of zoo that has enclosures, not for the animal exhibits
themselves.  I'm actually surprised we don't have a good way to tag these.

Why not use animal=* and/or species=* directly?  When combined with your
proposed attraction=animal, it would have clear meaning.  The species tag
is approved, and has language suffixes, i.e. species:en, species:de,
species:pl etc.  The animal tag doesn't have the language suffix, but it
seems like that could be added easily.  I could see, for example, an
enclosure being tagged both animal=giraffe and species="giraffa
camelopardalis", which would allow renderers to show both the common name
and the scientific one.

On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 11:40 AM Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> Many people are interested in mapping zoo detail, especially where given
> animal
> has an enclosure
>
> It would be desirable to render it on many maps, likely also general
> purpose maps
> (as in zoo areas in high zooms it is among the most important info).
>
> As many people are enthusiastic about mapping this, it would be nice to
> have
> way to map it properly.
>
> Sadly current situation is sad, see
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:attraction%3Danimal
> https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/3775
> for details.
>
>
> Current methods:
> (1)
> tourism=attraction
> name=name of species
>
> is both stretching tourism=attraction, using it as "I want label here"
> and misusing name tag
>
> (2)
> attraction=animal
> species=scientific name of species
>
> not rendered, not providing data for rendering it
>
>
> My proposed schema:
>
> attraction=animal - to mark place where animals are kept in captivity
> species:name - common name of species kept there, in a local language
>
> It would
> - avoid stretching existing tags
> - avoid tagging for renderer
> - allow to have OSM based maps including zoo details
>
> (triggered by helping new mapper who wanted to map zoo details)
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