[Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

[Craig Wallace]

On 2013-08-21 10:53, Matt Williams wrote:
> On 21 August 2013 00:00, OpenStreetmap HADW <osmhadw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've come across a building that provides the sort of facilities that
>> one might find in some hotels for day time and evening functions
>> (weddings, posh birthday parties, etc.), but does not have any
>> overnight accommodation.  It is too commercial/up market for a village
>> hall type community centre category (I don't believe they'd host local
>> society meetings or keep fit classes, but without the accommodation,
>> it doesn't fall into the hotel category, either.  Pubs sometimes
>> provide this sort of service as well, but this one doesn't take any
>> walk in trade and and provision and the bar is an optional extra, or
>> you can go on a corkage basis.
>>
>> Does anyone have suggestions on how to tag it.
>
> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=banquet#values suggests
> amenity=banquet_hall which makes sense.
>
> If you want to start using it then just go ahead. It would also be
> great if you could document the definition of the tag and how it
> differs from hotels, pubs etc. at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity=banquet_hall

Banqueting hall seems rather specific.
These types of places may be used for a wide variety of events, so may 
be known by different names. eg might be used for conferences, 
exhibition, live music etc.

I think a more generic tag for an "event hall" would be useful.

Craig