[talk-ph] tagging distinctly Philippine POIs

[George Tujan]

can we setup a generic tag for POIs? so that when a contributor has
doubt on what tags to use they can just use the generic tag then
either update it or let others update it later

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:35 PM, Ronny Ager-Wick - Develo
Ltd.<raw at develo.ltd.uk> wrote:
> Very interesting conversation!
> I often wonder which tag to put on certain POIs and sometimes resort to
> guessing, which of course is not good. What if we use this discussion as a
> basis for a wiki page for Pinoy POIs, sort of like a dictionary of
> amenities, like:
> MMDA urinals - see toilets
> Toilets - amenity=toilets; fee=yes/no
> Newspaper stand - shop=newsagent
> Cockfighting arena - sport=cockfighting
> Multipurpose hall - building=yes; amenity=public_building
> etc.
> I would include the generic world wide ones as well, so we can use this as a
> guideline for how to tag stuff when in doubt.
>
> Or is there already such a page?
> Ronny.
>
> ian lopez wrote:
>
> For pay toilets, amenity=toilets; fee=yes, while shop=newsagent is for
> newspaper stands (I think). for DVD shops, I think that there is no tag for
> it. The big G has "Quiapo DVD" (somewhat prominent when you look at it), but
> I think that we can't tag it since it is somewhat illegal. Basketball courts
> are easy, use sport=basketball. AFAIK, multipurpose buildings should be
> building=yes, amenity=public_building. In some places, I tag cockfighting
> arenas as sport=cockfighting, though a good number of people outside the
> Philippines do not consider sabong as a sport (and illegal in some places).
> Yellow Cab is a "pizza place", most likely to be tagged as
> amenity=restaurant.
>
> Regarding MMDA's urinals, it should be amenity=toilets, fee=no (from what I
> know, most, if not all of its urinals are used for free),
> operator=Metropolitan Manila Development Authority
>
> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Rally de Leon <ralleon at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] tagging distinctly Philippine POIs
> To: "maning sambale" <emmanuel.sambale at gmail.com>
> Cc: "osm-ph" <talk-ph at openstreetmap.org>
> Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 5:08 PM
>
> (not all are distinctly ph poi's, but for the sake of discussion, here
> are some POI examples i know or don't know):
>
> -Ukay-ukay / Wagwagan
> -Hilot (manghihilot / mangtatawas)
> -Daycare - is this classified as a school?
> -Multipurpose Hall / Barangay Covered Courts - that cannot be plainly
> classified as basketball court.
> -Store that only sells LPG tank (gasul)
> -Junkshop (buy and sells scrap)
> -Store that primarily sells reconditioned and surplus equipments (eg. HMR)
> -Barangay Outpost or Police Outpost (small booth only, not barangay
> hall or police station)
> -FX Terminal (including a tag for their route destination, eg.
> crossing, ayala, megamall)
> -Newspaper stand (Tabloid / Broadsheet) - some sari-sari store sell
> newspaper, bulgar, taliba, most don't.
> -Pay Restrooms (distinction between free/public and pay restroom)
> -Auction houses/yard like the ones in subic (or are these just
> considered buildings?)
> -DIY shop that is specialized in electronic/speaker/radio parts, not a
> typical hardware (Raon-type of store, more like a radioshack
> equivalent, or Kuryente) - or just generalize this as "hardware shop"?
> -free-standing betting stations/ pagcor / lotto outlets and alikes
> -DVD DVD (or is this supposed to be secret) ;-)
>
> -clear and easy guideline which are considered fastfood and
> restaurant. as we don't want too many POI icons on the map.
> Eg. If you pay first (at the counter before you eat), then it's
> FASTFOOD (eg. mcdo, jollibee, greenwich, and those at regular food
> courts, including burger machine and good burger).
> If you eat-first-then-pay-the-bill, then we generally put it under
> RESTAURANT (especially if there's a waiter).
>
> except for the free-standing semi-permanent fishball/isaw/shawarma
> stand/kiosk (and alikes) where you eat first, then pay all the
> fishballs you've eaten. Is this classified as fastfood or simply
> "snack stand"?
>
> So is "yellow cab" or goldilocks a restaurant or a fastfood?
>
> i believe goldilocks and redribbon falls under "bakeshop"? so
> therefore, as long as they sell cake, even if they sell fastfood, the
> priority tag must be bakeshop. is this ok? that way, we use lesser and
> easier to identify POI icons (for use on mobile devices)
>
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