[Talk-us-nps] Tagging the nodes of building outlines with various amenities (import question)

[Bryce Nesbitt]

In looking casually at the nps mapping, I've seen an odd (to me) pattern of
tagging building outline
nodes with the amenities of the building.  Example:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/222046130/history

Now this works great to control rendering: if you want to get multiple
icons this is what you'd do.

In the above case we have:
    building=yes
    name=Cades Ranger Station
    nps:verified=yes
-
    information=office
    nps:verified=yes
    tourism=information
-
    amenity=police
    name=Cades Visitor Center
    nps:verified=yes


Instead of tagging everything on the way:
   amenity=police/ranger_station
   name=Cades Ranger Station
   name_1=Cades Visitor Center
   building=yes
   tourism=information
   toilets=yes
   toilets:wheelchair=yes
   nps:verified=yes


Same pattern occurs at
http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changesets?bbox=-83.77652030978699%2C35.603029810945%2C-83.77543401513596%2C35.60394902282223
Where we have a retail, toilets and fast_food on various nodes.


Thoughts on this tagging style?
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