[OSM-talk] tags for autorickshaw

[Konrad Skeri]

I would suggest

amenity=taxi
taxi=autorick

for consistency with highway=service, service=* and others.

Konrad



2009/11/27 Kenneth Gonsalves <lawgon at au-kbc.org>:
> hi,
>
> in talk-in we came to the conclusion that apart from taxis, many countries
> have vehicles like autorickshaws, jeeps, tuk-tuks etc. So we are implementing
> the following scheme:
>
> amenity=taxi
> vehicle=autorick
> autorick=prepaid/meter
>
> with appropriate symbols. In the main osm map this will show the taxi symbol,
> but in the India specific map it will show an autorickshaw - prepaid, metered
> or un metered. An example can be seen here:
>
> http://xlquest.net/?zoom=20&lat=13.08205&lon=80.27449&layers=B
>
> this scheme  (or a suitably modified one) could be used in other countries too.
> --
> regards
> Kenneth Gonsalves
> Senior Project Officer
> NRC-FOSS
> http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/
>
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