Since AirBnBs are primarily private homes, it doesn't seem appropriate to add them to OpenStreetMap. Additionally, it may be a violation of AirBnB's terms of service to take data from their website and host it on another's (OpenStreetMap in this case). Last but definitely not least, if a host decides to stop making their property available through AirBnB, they may or may not know that their home address is still being prominently featured on OpenStreetMap as a guest house.
I'm curious to see what others have to say about this. (Dave, that listing you linked looks awesome - wish I was there now!) -IndyMapper Indy https://about.me/indyhurt On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:41 PM, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm looking for a consistent way to tag AirBnB locations. It's probably > sufficient to tag them as tourism=guest_house but personally as one who > frequently uses AirBnB, I would like to be able to locate them more > precisely than is possible using the maps on their website, which are not > very exact. The locations can be off by several city blocks and when one is > pulling a big roller bag along behind it would be nice be able to walk > directly to the correct location. > > In searching Taginfo, I saw only a few instances of the word "AirBnB" and > most of those were tagged as operator=AirBnB. As I understand it, the > operators are the owners of the property whereas AirBnB is a corporation > that contracts with those owners in some sort of a franchise arrangement. > > Another common tag containing the term "AirBnB" is the website URL that > points to the specific property. The one I'm working on at the moment is > near where I live and is quite a nice venue: > > https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/6020019 > > Suggestions? > > -- > Dave Swarthout > Homer, Alaska > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >
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