[OSM-talk] building metadata questions

[Andy Allan]

On 9/21/07, Jussi Kukkonen <jhkukkon at cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Helsinki University of Technology intends to use openstreetmap data as
> campus maps on all their web sites. I'm currently cleaning up the campus
> area data for them and have a few questions regarding this.
>
> One of the goals is to be able to link e.g. from a web event calendar to
> a map centered on a specific building using the very cool namefinder.
> This means there needs to be searchable data attached to the buildings.
> Setting the name of the building is obviously possible, but I'd also
> like to add information on the "contents" of the buildings, like
> "Department of Architecture". Is it appropriate to use the description
> tag for this (or am I just seeing nails because I have a hammer in
> hand)? Would the namefinder use the description text?
>
> A related problem: the buildings in question are rather large, so we'd
> like to be able to pinpoint specific entrances -- not necessarily
> visible on the map, but something you could search for and mark with the
> pin. There does not seem to be a feature/tag for this. Can I just invent
> one (I'd naturally write a feature proposal to the wiki)?

Feel free to invent any tags you like - I've made a few to help me
with mapping that I don't expect anyone else to find useful.

You don't need to worry about making feature proposals, unless you
think that it'll come in handy for other people, or where
standardisation with other areas would help.

Cheers,
Andy