[OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
I can't see a time limit tag at all, there is a lot of free council car parks in various places but they may have a 2 or 3 hour time limit on them. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread Jack Stringer
I see a problem wiith this idea. Only because councils change the times/prices reguarly. Often without notice. You can use many supermarket car parks for 2 hours but that could change depening on the seasons. Jack On Jul 26, 2009 7:42 AM, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: I can't see a

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread Peter Dörrie
I see a problem wiith this idea. Only because councils change the times/prices reguarly. Often without notice. You can use many supermarket car parks for 2 hours but that could change depening on the seasons But it should be tagged nonetheless. The fact that there is a time limitation for parking

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Jack Stringer jack.ix...@googlemail.com wrote: I see a problem wiith this idea. Only because councils change the times/prices reguarly. Often without notice. You can use many supermarket car parks for 2 hours but that could change depening on the seasons. What councils

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread Liz
On Sun, 26 Jul 2009, Jack Stringer wrote: I see a problem wiith this idea. Only because councils change the times/prices reguarly. Often without notice. You can use many supermarket car parks for 2 hours but that could change depening on the seasons. Jack On Jul 26, 2009 7:42 AM, John Smith

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Peter Dörrie peter.doer...@googlemail.com wrote: time_limitation=yes limitation_duration=3 (time in hours) Well it's a restriction, so tagging it as such might be more consistent with other restrictions, eg. restriction=time_limitation I have no idea about how to tag

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
restriction=time_limitation Actually time is usually used in tagging for time of day, so perhaps stay_limitation might be more applicable for how long you can stay in the car park. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread Sam Vekemans
Using the tag 'description=*' would help show users the most noteworthy details along with the phone # to call for more info. Cheers, Sam On 7/26/09, John Smith delta_foxt...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Sun, 26/7/09, Peter Dörrie peter.doer...@googlemail.com wrote: time_limitation=yes

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread malenki
John Smith (delta_foxt...@yahoo.com)schrieb: I can't see a time limit tag at all, there is a lot of free council car parks in various places but they may have a 2 or 3 hour time limit on them. Maybe this helps: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Maximum_Stay Regards malenki

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Sam Vekemans acrosscanadatra...@gmail.com wrote: Using the tag 'description=*' would help show users the most noteworthy details along with the phone # to call for more info. It'd be nice if it would be computer readable, not just human readable since then you could

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, malenki o...@malenki.ch wrote: Maybe this helps: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Maximum_Stay Doesn't look like it was approved, and it doesn't look like it would be nice/easy to parse by some kind of software, eg searching for a place to park.

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread Cartinus
On Sunday 26 July 2009 10:29:06 John Smith wrote: --- On Sun, 26/7/09, malenki o...@malenki.ch wrote: Maybe this helps: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Maximum_Stay Doesn't look like it was approved, and it doesn't look like it would be nice/easy to parse by some kind

Re: [OSM-talk] amenity=parking, time limit tag?

2009-07-26 Thread John Smith
--- On Sun, 26/7/09, Cartinus carti...@xs4all.nl wrote: When searching for a parking space, it is even simpler. The software you use for that, doesn't have to understand the tag. It just has to display it. Ok you get back 50 results within a 2 block radius but if you could drill down so