[OSM-talk] amenity=fuel and fuel types

[leblatt]

User FredB made a nice import of a database of LPG stations (mostly in
France, I think), tagged accordingly. Take a look at
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=43.1098&lon=5.86103&zoom=17&layers=0B00FFF
with data layer on.

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
> bounces at openstreetmap.org] De la part de Ralf Zimmermann
> Envoyé : mardi 9 septembre 2008 20:19
> À : wiseLYNX
> Cc : osm
> Objet : Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=fuel and fuel types
> 
> In the Talk page of that wiki entry, there is a proposal for lots of
> different fuel types, for example fuel_lpg:
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Talk:Tag:amenity%3Dfuel#For_Car
> s
> 
> I now added a link from the wiki page of amenity=fuel to the talk page
> so that this information can be easily found.
> 
> Ralf
> Munich, Germany
> 
> 
> wiseLYNX wrote:
> > As owner of a LPG
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_gas)
> > powered car, I just found out that in OSM there's no way of telling
> > which kind of fuels will be sold at a gas station.
> >
> > If there's already something, I suggest to advertise it in the
> > amenity=fuel page on OSM wiki.
> >
> > If not, it would be really great to have the possibility to add this
> > kind of information, as LPG distributing stations are not common
> except
> > on motorways (at least here in Italy). I think of asking my (future)
> OSM
> > powered navigator "where's the nearest LPG station?". I also noticed
> my
> > commercial TomTom doesn't hold this kind of information.
> >
> > Same thing applies also to natural gas or methane stations (that here
> > are even rarer).
> >
> > Any suggestion?
> >
> > Enrico Manzini
> >
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