Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: What's the correct tag for something like this, on a surface road and operated by a private company (chain)? http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/99634310 I don't think there's a single tag that covers a truck stop,

[Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread Nathan Edgars II
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservices says that it (usually) has fuel and food, but it links to Wikipedia:rest area. Should the Wikipedia link be removed (and added to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Drest_area)? Should the word 'usually' be removed?

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread Georg Feddern
Am 20.04.2012 10:46, schrieb Nathan Edgars II: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservices says that it (usually) has fuel and food, but it links to Wikipedia:rest area. Should the Wikipedia link be removed (and added to

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread SomeoneElse
Nathan Edgars II wrote: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservices says that it (usually) has fuel and food, but it links to Wikipedia:rest area. Should the Wikipedia link be removed (and added to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Drest_area)? Should the word

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread Philip Barnes
On Fri, 2012-04-20 at 06:43 -0400, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On 4/20/2012 5:50 AM, Georg Feddern wrote: Am 20.04.2012 10:46, schrieb Nathan Edgars II: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dservices says that it (usually) has fuel and food, but it links to Wikipedia:rest area.

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 20. April 2012 14:21 schrieb Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: I think Wikipedia is very wrong on that one, and we really should not follow it. +1, we might even think of correcting it in WP. To give the impression that you will get fuel, food or drink at a rest area is misleading. A

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread John F. Eldredge
Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: Am 20. April 2012 14:21 schrieb Philip Barnes p...@trigpoint.me.uk: I think Wikipedia is very wrong on that one, and we really should not follow it. +1, we might even think of correcting it in WP. To give the impression that you

Re: [Tagging] highway=services/rest_area

2012-04-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 20. April 2012 16:18 schrieb John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com: n addition, there will sometimes be parking areas, meaning that there will be a parking lot but no restrooms or other amenities.  Fortunately, parking areas are rare. we also have these, I'd include them in rest_areas.