[OSM-talk] I've added some amenity values to "Map Features" based on tag usage

Ulf Lamping ulf.lamping at googlemail.com
Wed Oct 29 07:50:55 GMT 2008


Lars Francke schrieb:
>> I've added some values to the Map Features amenity section (with the
>> times used):
>>
>> - 2320 bench (used a LOT more than park_bench - "only" 1100 times)
>> - 1485 shelter
>> - 351 emergency_phone
>>
>> I hesitated to add other values where I was unclear about ...
> 
> I wonder why there is a amenity=veterinary on the map features page
> but nothing at all about doctors. amenity=doctors (used about 400
> times) and amenity=doctor (~150 times) seem useful to me. Is there
> something I'm missing?
> waste_basket (150) is something I find useful, too. God knows how
> often I've looked for one....
> 

I didn't add doctor(s) for exactly this reason. I don't know if doctor 
or doctors is the best choice here. As a none native speaker I would use 
doctor, but as doctors are used more often I was pretty unsure.

Does Anyone have a good explanation about why to favour doctors about 
doctor?


Using the waste_basket (168) term wasn't clear to me, as we have 
waste_disposal (128), waste disposal(38), waste_bin(26), trash_can(19), 
trash(5), trash_disposal(1) and trash_bin(1).

Looking at leo.org a waste basket seems to be the kind of thing below 
your desktop and not what you find somewhere on the streets.

My feeling is that waste_disposal would be the best term here - looking 
at the terms used and what leo.org tells me about it :-) ...

Regards, ULFL




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