[OSM-talk-be] Tagging a restaurant that offers electricity to customers

[joost schouppe]

Hi Pieter,

I'd say it is useful to add service:bicycle:charging directly to objects,
as it makes it easy to find "bicycle friendly objects". Having this as
"yes" doesn't mean you can't add the actual charging location as a separate
node as well (similar to how a camper site can have simultaneously both the
attribute for a dump station as well as a node).

I wonder if the availability of a power plug indoor is enough to conclude
you can charge your bike battery there. If I were to ask, I'd ask "is it OK
to charge my phone" or "is it OK to charge my bike battery" - and I
wouldn't assume the answer to the second question to be yes just because
the first is yes.

A related thought is that if there's an outdoor plug, you could also use it
to slowly slowly charge your electric car. This only makes sense at
hotels/B&Bs I guess, because I don't think you'd get meaningful charge
during a coffee break.

Do we really care if people can charge their phone though? Do we really
want to map the answer to a question that could be answered by a random
employee? The next one might answer differently. I wonder if we might be
better off saying : hey, if you want to explicitly offer power plugs to
customers, put a sticker on the door or on the plug, and then we can map
that.

Are there any cafes that actually actively offer power plugs indoor? If
not, I'd just leave it be. The only question I'd ask then is "Does this
place offer a dedicated place to charge bicycles?" and add
service:bicycle:charging=yes to the object if that's the case.

Just my random thoughts on the subject though :)

Joost

Op di 28 sep. 2021 21:29 schreef Pieter Vander Vennet <pietervdvn at posteo.net
>:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm trying to amend the charging-stations/restaurants theme on
> mapcomplete and want to add wether a restaurant/pub/cafe/... offers
> access to electricity (e.g. to take the battery of your electrical bike
> inside to charge it, or to charge your phone).
>
> However, I'm a bit conflicted on which tagging to use. I'm thinking in
> the direction of `service:electricity=yes|customers|no|ask_staff`.
> `service:bicycle:charging` would be fitting too, however, access to
> electricity is broader then just charging bicycles and I don't think you
> can take you bicycle inside of most restaurants.
>
> Note that charging stations (e.g. a plug provided at the bicycle
> parking) should be mapped as a separate point with
> `amenity=charging_station` (eventually with `access=customers`).
>
> Anyone have an opinion on this?
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten,
> Pieter Vander Vennet
>
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