[Tagging] Key:smokefree; does it have a purpose, or is it redundant?

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

Am So., 10. Okt. 2021 um 22:51 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging <
tagging at openstreetmap.org>:

> Note that usage is nearly nothing compared to smoking=no.
>
> Given lack of explanation, low usage I would consider it as
> deprecated and not worth using, and worth replacing.
>
>
I agree I would not bother documenting a tag that is used in such low
numbers and has no clear meaning or is possibly a duplicate.
In this specific case of "smokefree", I could imagine it might be used for
places where you cannot smoke but would still have to suffer smoke, e.g.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/365563221
smokefree <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smokefree?uselang=en> no
smoking <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoking?uselang=en> no
smoking:outside
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:smoking:outside?uselang=en> no

or here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1591593546

A possible interpretation could be: "smokefree=*, whether you can expect
smoke or not"
as opposed to: smoking=* whether smoking is allowed

Cheers,
Martin
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/attachments/20211010/84e17784/attachment.htm>