[OSM-talk] Restaurants/Fast Food

[Chris Hill]

I agree the tags are a bit limited, but I think the distinction between restaurant and fast_food is usually a good one.  amenity=food doesn't show that it is prepared food, ready to eat rather than a shop selling the raw materials. Adding the extra tags to restaurant and fast_food will work by improving what we have rather than creating a new, parallel set of tags.

Is it worth capturing?: yes. This would be useful for someone creating a tourist map of an area for example. 

 cheers, Chris



----- Original Message ----
> From: Nick Barnes <nick at thebarnesfamily.eu>
> To: talk at openstreetmap.org
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 September, 2008 10:55:22
> Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Restaurants/Fast Food
> 
> 
> Ed Loach wrote:
> > Is it only me that finds these two classifications a bit limiting?
> 
> No.
> 
> > amenity=restaurant
> > takeaway=yes/no
> > drive_thru=yes/no
> > delivery=yes/no
> > 
> > and where you can't eat in
> > 
> > amenity=takeaway
> > drive_thru=yes/no
> > delivery=yes/no
> 
> What about:
> 
> amenity=food
> eatin=yes/no
> takewaway=yes/no
> drivethrough=yes/no
> delivery=yes/no
> fastfood=yes/no
> foodtype=FREEFORM (e.g. 'chinese', 'indian', 'chicken', 'tasteless
> cardboard' etc.)
> 
> 
> Mind you, is it really worth capturing this information?
> 
> Nick.
> 
> 
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