[OSM-talk] #Occupy camps in OSM?

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 11/08/2011 12:15 AM, Alan McConchie wrote:
> I figure we could use many of the same features that Burning Man
> uses, primarily tourism:camp_site, plus keys like start_date and
> end_date (if applicable).

I don't think that it is valid to use Burning Man as a precedent for 
mapping temporary structures generally. Burning Man is essentially a fun 
thing in the desert where, even when you map very creatively, nobody cares.

You are suggesting to tag, for example, a camp site in the middle of 
London where there clearly isn't one, and I expect that similar creative 
tag uses would follow (e.g. people would perhaps find it nice to tag a 
communal tent where people have beers in the evening as amenity=pub etc.)

This would clearly be a violation of the on-the-ground rule.

I think it is perfectly acceptable to map such camps when they are 
halfway stable (I wouldn't use end_date and instead simply delete the 
stuff when it's over - since you cannot know in advance when it will end).

However it is not acceptable to map a camp site or a pub or anything 
else where there is none just for the sake of having it show up on the 
default www.openstreetmap.org rendering.

Invent your own tags, and produce your own rendering.

Bye
Frederik

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