[Tagging] Research laboratory

2014-08-05 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Hello, First sorry for my poor english, i was french (no one is perfect). I was looking to tag Research Laboratory (either private/commercial and public), part or not part of a univercity. This Research laboratory are big one with industrial facility (like plant) for biological, geological or

Re: [Tagging] Research laboratory

2014-08-05 Thread Dan S
Hi Pierre-Alain, That's a good question. I thought I'd search a couple of names to see how they are tagged. Here is a selection: INRIA (in France): * office=research http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2529263700 * office=government http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/124838923 *

Re: [Tagging] Research laboratory

2014-08-05 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-08-05 12:06 GMT+02:00 Pierre-Alain Dorange pdora...@mac.com: amenity=laboratory (66) I think this would be a generic tag for a single laboratory. (generic, because a laboratory will be very different according to what you are doing there, e.g. developping photos, medical research,

Re: [Tagging] Research laboratory

2014-08-05 Thread Yves
A laboratory can take a lot of forms: a building, a farm field, a desert ... So definitely defining a primary tag with laboratory=primary speciality is a good idea imo. Yves On 5 août 2014 12:39:10 UTC+02:00, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-08-05 12:06 GMT+02:00

Re: [Tagging] Research laboratory

2014-08-05 Thread John Yani
See also this rejected proposal: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/research_institution On 5 August 2014 14:18, Yves yve...@gmail.com wrote: A laboratory can take a lot of forms: a building, a farm field, a desert ... So definitely defining a primary tag with

Re: [Tagging] Distinction between amenity=restaurant and fast_food

2014-08-05 Thread Richard Weait
fast_food vs. restaurant, ah yes, a debate for the ages. :-) I used the counter service versus table service distinction for a while, then another mapper from our local group suggested that a distinction with fewer exceptions is: pay before eating (fast_food) vs. pay after eating (restaurant).