[OSM-talk] Proposed Amenity Reorganization

[Radomír Černoch]

Hi,

I quite like the idea. For people, who think about using OSM data in
their project, clarity of tag structure might be an important issue.

> I think "why bother". Clearly what we have is chaotic, but any system
> you can think of will become chaotic sooner or later with people
> (ab)using it to their heart's content, so what's the big deal.

The question is whether to choose "chaos" or "less chaos". I think
it's still a significant difference. Are there any serious reasons
"why not to bother"?

Technically I support the idea of key named "spiritual", because there
are more tags to fit in such group: wayside cross, small shrine, ...

Regards,
Radomir Cernoch

2009/6/24  <gregory at arenius.com>:
> The amenity key is currently used for so many different things that it has
> no meaning.  It has become a catch all category for everything that
> doesn't have a place elsewhere.  I'm proposing breaking it up into more
> keys to help make things more organized.
>
> Proposed keys:
>
> *Amenity
> *Death
> *Education
> *Entertainment
> *Financial
> *Government
> *Healthcare
> *Sustenance
> *Transportation
> *Waste
>
> With their tags:
>
> Amenity:
> *BBQ
> *Bench
> *Drinking_fountain
> *Emergency_Telephone
> *Fountain
> *Shelter
> *Telephone
> *Toilet
>
> Death:
> *Graveyard
> *Crematorium
> Maybe also things like tombs, catacombs, mortuaries, funeral homes, etc.
> Could probably also replace landuse=cemetary
>
> Education:
> *School
> *College
> *Library
> *University
>
> Entertainment:
> *Arts_centre
> *Brothel
> *Cinema
> *Nightclub
> *Theatre
> *Studio
>
> Financial:
> *ATM
> *Bank
> *Bureau_de_change
> Maybe also check cashing, brokerages, stock exchanges, commodity
> exchanges, etc
>
> Government:
> *Baby_hatch
> *Courthouse
> *Embassy
> *Fire_station
> *Police_station
> *Post_office
> *Post_box
> *Public_building
> *Prison
> *Townhall
> I think a lot of other types government buildings could be added here as
> well.
>
> Healthcare:
> *Dentist
> *Doctor
> *Hospital
> *Pharmacy
> *Veterinary
> This key has been proposed and passed a vote (15-4) but no further work
> has been done with it because the proposer doesn't have time.  I'd move it
> along but I think it should be part of a larger reorganization of amenity.
>  There are a lot of other tags that could be put in this category so I
> think its an especially important one.
>
> Sustenance:
> *Biergarten
> *Cafe
> *Fast_food
> *Food_court
> *Pub
> *Restaurant
>
> Transportation:
> *Bicycle_parking
> *Bicycle_rental
> *Bus_station
> *Car_rental
> *Car_sharing
> *Ferry_terminal
> *Fuel
> *Parking
> *Taxi_stands
> I think there has been discussion about a key somewhat like this but
> nothing has been officially proposed.
>
> Waste:
> *Recycling
> *Waste_basket
> *Waste_disposal
> Maybe also things like dumps, recycling baskets, etc.
>
> That leaves us with a few stray tags which I think can be better placed
> elsewhere.
>
> Hunting_stand can go in leisure.
> Marketplace can go in landuse.
> Signpost can go in the proposed information key.
> Vending_machine can go in the shop key, or failing that, its own key.
>
> Which leaves place_of_worship.  Maybe in a new spiritual key with things
> like holy_site, etc? It really doesn't fit well in amenity though.
>
> I've copied this proposal into the wiki at
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_Amenity_Reoganization
> which I'll be working on improving.
>
> What do people think?  I know that there are a bazillion amenity tags
> already in use but I think that going forward a better organized system
> will be worth the effort of implementing it.
>
> Cheers,
> Greg
>
>
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