[OSM-talk] Suggestions for recycling schema

Joerg Ostertag (OSM Munich/Germany) openstreetmap at ostertag.name
Tue Sep 19 06:57:00 BST 2006


On Tuesday 19 September 2006 00:43, Tom Chance wrote:
> Ahoy,
>
> I'd like to add basic details for recycling facilities. A typical entry
> would be something like:
>
> amenity=recycling
> recycling=newspaper,cardboard,glass,shoes,clothes
>
> But that schema is, so far as I can see, unprecedented. It could be a long
> list like:
>
> newspaper=yes
> cardboard=yes
> etc.
>
> What would people suggest? For now I'm making notes and saving the GPS
> coordinates so I can fix them up once a schema is at least ready to enter
> the proposed features page. Right now I have no clue what to do for it :)

Except that for me the word amenity feels very strange for an
PointOfInterest(POI). Yes I know the British say this is an appropriate word.

I think this is a good scheme for tagging recycling.

-
Joerg




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