[Talk-ca] Newbee questions...

[Colin McGregor]

On 9/30/08, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
> On 29 Sep 2008 at 22:57, Colin McGregor wrote:
>>> - In behind the Perth town hall is a bandstand, a roughly 20' across
>>> octagon that raises a band maybe 3' above the ground, and provides a
>>> roof in case of rain/snow. Okay, so how does one tag something like
>>> that? For now I have used the "Arts Centre" tag, as it is a
>>> performing arts location (of the most basic sort), but is there a
>>> better tag?
>
> and richard at weait.com replied:
>
>>Not a bad choice.  Why not have a look at
>>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features and revive
>>Music_venue, or add "stage" or "bandshell"?
>
> There's one of these in Elmira too.  It only shows up when I select
> "Show Map Data", which gives me this when I click on the link:
>
> http://openstreetmap.org/browse/way/27240113
>
> I picked "amenity=public_building, name=Bandstand" since JOSM didn't
> offer anything more appropriate.  I'll be happy to change it to
> something better.

Which is better for bandstands? Public Building or Arts Centre? I
could be happy enough with either one, and one could make a good case
for either choice. Until a specific bandstand/bandshell tag is
approved however I would like to see one choice settled upon...

> BTW, purists will insist that a bandstand is not a bandshell.  The
> bandstand is a raised platform, possibly with a roof, but a
> bandshell is a stage with an acoustic scoop behind it.
>
> --Bob.

Going back to Perth, ON, one of the big stores in town is "Shaws of
Perth", a clothing shop that earlier this year had it's 149th annual
sale. Until the whole question of shop tags gets ironed out how do
people tag big / visible shops that are not part of the CURRENT name
scheme?

I have uploaded 9 GPS tracks I collected in Perth (after editing with
pico), so, Perth and area now have just over 12,500 more data points
(granted a fair bit of overlap in some parts of town, like Gore Street
(it is possible to go north/south through Perth and avoid Gore, but
normally not worth the bother), and I did not get some of the small
side streets). Still a vast improvement over what was there before

Also a question of data sources, my grandfather owed, a cottage on one
of the lakes near Perth, ON. So, I know the name of the lake, but I am
not sure of the names of the small rivers that lead in/out of the
lake. With street names you can go look at sign posts and copy from
there, with river names, not so simple. So, how does one find a good
non-encumbered data source for things like river names?

Colin McGregor

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