[Talk-scotland] Flat to rent in OSM

Eric Grosso eric.grosso.os at gmail.com
Tue Mar 3 15:03:23 UTC 2015


Hi,

Thanks both of you for your answers.

Cheers,
Eric

On 3 March 2015 at 12:36, Gregory (LivingWithDragons) <
info at livingwithdragons.com> wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> About a year ago a lot of businesses started being added to OpenStreetMap,
> many not actually having a physical presence at the location, and they all
> had bit coin tags. It turns out people were adding their business to the
> OSM database just to get them on a bit coin map. That promoted OSM, but the
> users that added non-physical businesses needed to be kindly explained it
> wasn't appropriate.
> You can read more about the discussions on mailing lists here:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Bitcoin
>
> It's worth baring that in mind. However, as you are doing it is good to
> clarify with the user the intention and type of property. Adding extra tags
> for clarification would good. Also explaining that most people are unlikely
> to look at some of those tags, so it's probably better for him to ensure
> his property is on accommodation listing sites and for OSM to ensure the
> surrounding map POIS (shops, amenities) are up to date so people can see if
> it's an area they want to live in.
>
> Gregory.
>
>
>
> On 3 March 2015 at 12:26, Eric Grosso <eric.grosso.os at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> (sorry for this half message)
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> alba_place <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alba_place>, a new OSM
>> contributor (he registered yesterday), added a flat to rent in Edinburgh.
>> Here is his fifth changeset about this POI:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29211740
>>
>> What do you think about this kind of addition to the map?
>>
>> I already sent him a message to ask him if it was an accommodation for a
>> short period of time which could be considered as the kind of POI described
>> here: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:tourism%3Dapartment
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Eric
>>
>> On 3 March 2015 at 12:24, Eric Grosso <eric.grosso.os at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> alba_place <http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/alba_place>, a new OSM
>>> contributor (he registered yesterday), added a flat to rent in Edinburgh.
>>> Here is his fifth changeset about this POI:
>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/29211740
>>>
>>> What do you think about this kind of addition to the map?
>>>
>>> I already sent him a message to ask him if
>>>
>>>
>>
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