[Tagging] manger/feeding place

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! While digging through the wiki and taginfo on the search for a tag for a manger I stumbled upon amenity=game_feeding (unknown status and used 20 times according to taginfo). This seems to be a tag used for a manger to feed game animals. Not exactly what I'm looking for because I need a manger

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - (amenity=kennel)

2012-09-14 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 00:40 +0200, André Pirard wrote: On 2012-09-13 23:38, Steve Doerr wrote : On 13/09/2012 21:00, St Niklaas wrote: What about Asylum, for all animals and a tag for the spieces, cats, dags, horses or guinea pigs ? That word has different connotations in

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 03:12 +0200, Alberto wrote: Ok, because according to English native speakers there isn't a single word that indicates a facility where animals are kept and the staff feeds them and cares of them, I propose to change from amenity=kennel to amenity=animal_shelter. In Italy

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread teuxe
I also think that amenity=animal_shelter with other tags to indicate kinds of animals goes in the sense of OSM tagging. Things like animal=shelter are nonsense: a shelter is not an animal, whereas an animal_shelter is an amenity. To set a general rule of thumb, for those tags that are not

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 19:10 +1000, Ross Scanlon wrote: Animal shelter appropriate in those cases, but not in the case of Boarding Kennels, or Boarding Catteries where you take your pet to be cared for whilst you go on holiday. For these I would propose amenity=boarding_kennel and

[Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
Hi! The tag amenity=veterinary is used for veterinaries. But there exists not (documented) possibility to tag the size of the facility or what animals are treated. Taginfo shows that a very limited time the size was tagged with veterinary=hospital. I would suggest the following: *

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2012-09-14 at 11:22 +0200, Martin Vonwald wrote: Hi! The tag amenity=veterinary is used for veterinaries. But there exists not (documented) possibility to tag the size of the facility or what animals are treated. Taginfo shows that a very limited time the size was tagged with

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: What do you think? I think that the tag phone= is enough: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phone Pieren ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: Doctor should not be used, that implies treatment of humans. A person qualified to treat animals is a Vet, or Veterinary Surgeon. Good point. What value would you suggest for a veterinary, where only one person treats animals?

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: I think that the tag phone= is enough: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phone Thank you. Any other opinions? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

[Tagging] animal shelter

2012-09-14 Thread Alberto
Phil wrote: An animal shelter is a place where lost, or abandoned animals are taken. Either to be cared for, or re-homed. UK examples are charities such as the RSPCA, Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs Home and numerous other smaller places. Animal shelter appropriate in those cases, but not in the case

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com: 2012/9/14 Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: Doctor should not be used, that implies treatment of humans. A person qualified to treat animals is a Vet, or Veterinary Surgeon. Good point. What value would you suggest for a veterinary, where only

Re: [Tagging] animal shelter

2012-09-14 Thread SomeoneElse
Alberto wrote: This isn't true: in Italy there are animal shelters that take lost animals but they have also some boxes to take pets from people who go on holiday. As in many other cases (e.g. pubs that are also restaurants and/or also hotels) as a mapper you have to pick the most

[Tagging] amenity=kennel to amenity=animal_shelter

2012-09-14 Thread Alberto
- Mail original - I also think that amenity=animal_shelter with other tags to indicate kinds of animals goes in the sense of OSM tagging. Things like animal=shelter are nonsense: a shelter is not an animal, whereas an animal_shelter is an amenity. To set a general rule of thumb, for

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Chris Hill
On 14/09/12 10:58, Pieren wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: What do you think? I think that the tag phone= is enough: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phone +1 -- Cheers, Chris user: chillly

Re: [Tagging] Open stable / feeding station

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
Some more feedback from the UK: Open stables are (more or less) unknown there. Also for legal reasons already mentioned. That seems to be the main reason why no proper english term exists for this. What comes close to an open stable is called grass livery, but the area is (much) larger, the

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Chris Hill o...@raggedred.net: On 14/09/12 10:58, Pieren wrote: On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: What do you think? I think that the tag phone= is enough: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Phone +1 I hereby propose to remove all

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: I hereby propose to remove all amenity=hospitals and amenity=clinic from the OSM database and replace everything with amenity=doctors and phone=xxx. My proposal was not about the size (legitimate question) but more

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:01 PM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: I hereby propose to remove all amenity=hospitals and amenity=clinic from the OSM database and replace everything with amenity=doctors and phone=xxx. My proposal was not about the

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: This list of animals should be used in case of specialized vets Then you could create a subtag like vet_speciality=companion_animals/livestock/zoo_animals/horses/surgery/dermatology/internal_medicine Pieren

Re: [Tagging] amenity=veterinary: size and animals

2012-09-14 Thread Martin Vonwald
2012/9/14 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Martin Vonwald imagic@gmail.com wrote: This list of animals should be used in case of specialized vets Then you could create a subtag like

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread John F. Eldredge
Ross Scanlon i...@4x4falcon.com wrote: Animal shelter appropriate in those cases, but not in the case of Boarding Kennels, or Boarding Catteries where you take your pet to be cared for whilst you go on holiday. For these I would propose amenity=boarding_kennel and

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread Janko Mihelić
2012/9/14 John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com In the USA (at least in Nashville, Tennessee, where I live) veterinary offices often include boarding services for small animals. Some only board one type of animals, but accepting more than one type is more common. Services are tagged like

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread SomeoneElse
Janko Mihelić wrote: Services are tagged like service:bicycle:repair=yes for shops that will repair your bike. Saying that implies that people actually use tags such as these. Taginfo suggests otherwise: shop=bicycle: 13,425 service:bicycle:repair: 758 I'm guessing that it's a fair bet that

Re: [Tagging] amenity=kennel

2012-09-14 Thread Janko Mihelić
Dana petak, 14. rujna 2012., korisnik SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk je napisao: Saying that implies that people actually use tags such as these. Taginfo suggests otherwise: shop=bicycle: 13,425 service:bicycle:repair: 758 I'm guessing that it's a fair bet that more than 5% of all