[OSM-talk] Prolification of the amenity tag

[David Earl]

> > >>>> However, amenities="wifi", ="park_ride", ="clinic" etc don't share
> > >>>> that purpose. There is little value to add them to a map.
> > >>>>
> > > However, wifi, park_ride, and clinic all seem like valid
> amenities to me.
etc.etc.

Not only is park_ride an amenity it is a huge land use here in Cambridge and
to omit it would be to ignore a significant area.

If you are going to represent pubs which has been widely done, I see no
reason to exclude clinics or pharmacies.

As I have said in the proposed_features list, I think there is a case for
shop=butchers, bakers, candlestick_makers...(and shop=supermarket and
shop=pharmacy instead of amenity; perhaps retail=... might be better than
shop, but the principle is unchanged).

(Apologies if I am repeating other people - the flood of email on this
subject has been so great I have been unable to keep up and read them all)

David