[OSM-talk] landuse for hotels

John McKerrell john at mckerrell.net
Wed Aug 5 22:04:15 BST 2009


On 5 Aug 2009, at 21:31, OJ W wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Ciarán
> Mooney<general.mooney at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> What landuse are we using for hotels?  I'm pretty sure it should be
>>> commercial or retail.
>>
>> I'm going to go with commercial, they as retail suggests that they
>> sell a physical product.
>
> commercial suggests office buildings, which are deserted at night.
> doesn't retail imply 'open to passersby' rather than 'physical
> products sold'?

I'd almost suggest residential, it's where people are residing, even  
if not permanently.

John



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