Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
Just saying: Tradition among both cavers and hot springs bathing enthusiasts is to keep quiet about locations, passing the word though caving societies and word of mouth. Why? Because caves and hot springs that become well known get trashed, crowded, muggled, and/or shut down due to the above.

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread johnw
On Mar 7, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: I know of a number of each type of facility that I won't be adding to the map This is for an amenity for a building - like Sauna. not a natural=hot_spring (which is what you are talking about), so cool your waters.

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 05:45:51PM +0900, johnw wrote: On Mar 7, 2014, at 5:38 PM, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: I know of a number of each type of facility that I won't be adding to the map This is for an amenity for a building - like Sauna. not a natural=hot_spring

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Richard Z.
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014 at 12:38:14AM -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: Just saying: Tradition among both cavers and hot springs bathing enthusiasts is to keep quiet about locations, passing the word though caving societies and word of mouth. Why? Because caves and hot springs that become well

Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - drinkable

2014-03-07 Thread Rudolf Martin
I'm thinking about transfering my proposal drinkable to a new proposal drinking_water. The proposed values can be the same. This means migration of drinkable=yes/no to drinking_water=yes/no. The new tagging-scheme use one tag for standalone features that can provide drinking water and to

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Steve Doerr
On 07/03/2014 08:37, johnw wrote: But I don't know the correct word to represent Onsen in English. Is [something]=hot_spring_bath better? XX=hot_spring_bath would be perfect. I think, Onsen is the very unique word to represent bathing amenity, that water from natural hot spring. So, I

Re: [Tagging] Fixing wrong opening_hours automatically

2014-03-07 Thread Dan S
2014-03-06 17:13 GMT+00:00 Robin `ypid` Schneider ypi...@aol.de: On 06.03.2014 10:47, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2014-03-05 21:25 GMT+01:00 Robin `ypid` Schneider ypi...@aol.de: There is no key öffnungszeiten, but yes it is only about the key opening_hours. As said before I am not going to

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread johnw
'Onsen' is in the Oxford Dictionary, defined as 'In Japan: a hot spring, esp. one thought to have medicinal properties; a hot spring resort'. well hot diggity-dog. There we go. Javbw ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-03-07 13:12 GMT+01:00 johnw jo...@mac.com: well hot diggity-dog. There we go. +1, in your case I think I'd most probably use onsen to have a very specific tag for the very specific feature you are trying to map, something like hot spring bath is not as specific as onsen (e.g. also

Re: [Tagging] Fixing wrong opening_hours automatically

2014-03-07 Thread Richard Welty
On 3/7/14 7:03 AM, Dan S wrote: I'm sorry but if it is description-like, then it is free text and shouldn't be auto-standardised in the manner you propose. You need to decide if you think it is description-like (== free text, local language) or formalised (==set of possible labels, british

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread John F. Eldredge
Also, as was pointed out earlier in the thread, some onsen are not associated with hot springs, but have hot sand instead. Original Message From: Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com Sent: March 7, 2014 7:34:57 AM CST To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-03-07 17:29 GMT+01:00 Satoshi IIDA nyamp...@gmail.com: * bath:type = foot_bath ** foot_bath is usually are a (free) service offered in the front of the onsen to passerbys. It's very shallow, and surrounded by seats, it's like a big sink, rather than a pool. Ashiyu in Japanese.

Re: [Tagging] Hot springs

2014-03-07 Thread John Willis
That's true - this is a specific pool, and would be an amenity offered, usually to the public next to the sidewalk out front ( usually anyone walking by can stick them in) not an overall feature - like a drinking fountain. Sometimes they are inside, in a common waiting area, so if you decide