[OSM-talk] Who interprets semicolon in tag values?

John F. Eldredge john at jfeldredge.com
Tue Sep 24 13:50:23 UTC 2013


Peter Wendorff <wendorff at uni-paderborn.de> wrote:
> Am 24.09.2013 13:39, schrieb Shaun McDonald:
> > 
> > On 24 Sep 2013, at 10:55, Elena ``of Valhalla''
> <elena.valhalla at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 2013-09-24 at 09:31:09 +0000, Philip Barnes wrote:
> >>> Bank and ATM are more or less synonymous these days, I cannot
> think of a bank without an ATM. The interesting ATM tags are the ones
> that are not at a bank.
> >>
> >> it's not true everywhere in the world: at least in italy there 
> >> are small banks with no (external) ATM, where you have to enter 
> >> the bank (in the usually short opening hours), go to the counter 
> >> and then you can get money (using your debit card).
> >>
> > 
> > I have come across banks in the UK without an external ATM. The way
> I map an ATM at a bank is to use the tag amenity=bank;atm=yes. 
> > have for a big store, put a node on the building outline and put
> amenity=atm on that node so that you know where on the building edge
> there is an ATM. 
> > Thus similar to building entrance mapping.
> 
> putting the node directly onn the outline (such that it's member node
> of
> the outline) may be ambiguous as it's not clear if the atm is inside
> or
> outside the building.
> Therefore I put it directly beneath the outline.
> 
> For any purposes directed towards indoor mapping this IS a relevant
> differentiation not possible with nodes on building outlines.
> 
> regards
> Peter
> 
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In my experience, it is becoming increasingly common to see indoor ATMs in shopping malls and businesses. At least in Tennessee, virtually every convenience store has an ATM, always inside the store.

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