[OSM-talk] amenity=recycling

[Douglas Furlong]

2008/9/6 leblatt <leblatt at tilt-services.com>

>  I Consider recycling should be encouraged, and I map a recycling point
> when I come across one. But I find it abnormally tedious to tag the type of
> goods that can be recycled. This information should have been made easier to
> tag. For instance, instead of :
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>
>
> amenity=recycling
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> recycling:cans=yes
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> recycling:glass_bottles=yes
>
> recycling_papers=yes
>
> recycling:cardboard=yes
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>
>
> one could write :
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>
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> amenity=recycling
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> recycling = cans; glass_bottles; papers; cardboard
>
>
>
> Moreover, the tag auto-complete feature in editors would help when you find
> the same combination in several places.
>
> I don't know how heavily this amenity is being used, and how difficult a
> switch would be, if even possible. Just wondering what others think.
>

If you use JOSM, then it is just a case of selecting recycling from a drop
down list, and then ticking boxes as to which things are recycled (currently
only offering three varieties, so expanding that list would be nice).

It's fairly straight forward and quick though.
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