[OSM-talk] Car Sharing Sites, worthy of inclusion ?

Joerg Ostertag openstreetmap at ostertag.name
Fri Oct 12 17:56:53 BST 2007


Am Dienstag, 9. Oktober 2007 13:54:24 schrieb Alex S.:
> Patrick Weber wrote:
> > Being an user of a car sharing scheme called Streetcar here in London I
> > wondered if we should include locations on the map.
> >
> > Now how shall we tag these locations ? highway=car_share ;
> > name=Streetcar ?  amenity=car_share
> >
> > Any advice, do you think this belongs on the map ?
>
> Sure.  There is one such in my part of the US - FlexCar.
> http://www.flexcar.com/
>
> Though, I think "amenity=car_share; operator=FlexCar" might fit better
> with the current fashion.

But then you might distinguish between 3 things:
	- The actual place where the car is standing
	- The place where you get the car keys
	- The car-share office
And in addition to this it might be worth adding
	- Telephone Number of the Car sharer
	- URL of their website

-
Joerg




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