Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-22 Thread phil
Dormitories are rooms with multiple beds, usually bunk beds and associated with youth hostels, certainly not suitable for student accommodation where there is typically one student in a room, maybe two but they are certainly not dormitories. Phil (trigpoint ) On Sat Sep 20 2014 23:12:24 GMT+

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-21 Thread John F. Eldredge
Another difference between college dormitories and apartments is that dormitory rooms usually lack cooking facilities, and, at least in older buildings, may have communal toilet/shower facilities rather than en suite facilities. On September 20, 2014 8:47:08 AM sabas88 wrote: On 19 Sep 20

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-21 Thread Dan S
2014-09-19 16:15 GMT+01:00 Martin Koppenhoefer : > > 2014-09-19 14:22 GMT+02:00 Dan S : > >> >> for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + >> operator=* >> OR >> for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=* >> >> Note that the same scheme s

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-21 Thread Dan S
2014-09-21 0:49 GMT+01:00 Eugene Alvin Villar : > On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:09 AM, wrote: >> >> Dormitories are rooms with multiple beds, usually bunk beds and associated >> with youth hostels, certainly not suitable for student accommodation where >> there is typically one student in a room, may

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 7:09 AM, wrote: > Dormitories are rooms with multiple beds, usually bunk beds and associated > with youth hostels, certainly not suitable for student accommodation where > there is typically one student in a room, maybe two but they are certainly > not dormitories. > Wha

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread phil
Dormitories are rooms with multiple beds, usually bunk beds and associated with youth hostels, certainly not suitable for student accommodation where there is typically one student in a room, maybe two but they are certainly not dormitories. Phil (trigpoint ) On Sat Sep 20 2014 23:12:24 GMT+

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On 9/20/14, Dan S wrote: > 2014-09-19 15:52 GMT+01:00 Tobias Knerr : > I still prefer (d) though if building=dormitory becomes widely > accepted then I guess I shall have to swallow that loss for British > english! Wouldn't be the first time if ever: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
> Il giorno 20/set/2014, alle ore 13:47, Dan S ha > scritto: > > I still prefer (d) though if building=dormitory becomes widely > accepted then I guess I shall have to swallow that loss for British > english! I'm also for a specific value, if dormitory doesn't hit it for the British, mayb

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread Richard Welty
On 09/20/2014 12:41 PM, fly wrote: Am 20.09.2014 18:32, schrieb p...@trigpoint.me.uk: I would have gone for hall_of_residence. Do not know if hall_of_residence is the right term. hall_of_residence would work. i would have proposed the shorter, less formal term residence_hall which is what

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread fly
Am 20.09.2014 18:32, schrieb p...@trigpoint.me.uk: > Students accommodation is neither tourism or guesthouse, +1 > I would have gone for hall_of_residence. Do not know if hall_of_residence is the right term. I know this accommodations for staff of hospitals (nurses) , too. Would be nice if c

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread phil
Students accommodation is neither tourism or guesthouse, I would have gone for hall_of_residence. Phil (trigpoint ) On Sat Sep 20 2014 14:46:17 GMT+0100 (BST), sabas88 wrote: > On 19 Sep 2014 16:54, "Tobias Knerr" wrote: > > > > On 19.09.2014 14:22 Dan S wrote: > > > for buildings: buildin

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread sabas88
On 19 Sep 2014 16:54, "Tobias Knerr" wrote: > > On 19.09.2014 14:22 Dan S wrote: > > for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + operator=* > > OR > > for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=* > > > > Note that the same scheme seems to me

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-20 Thread Dan S
2014-09-19 15:52 GMT+01:00 Tobias Knerr : > On 19.09.2014 14:22 Dan S wrote: >> for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + operator=* >> OR >> for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=* >> >> Note that the same scheme seems to me to work w

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-19 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2014-09-19 14:22 GMT+02:00 Dan S : > > for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + > operator=* > OR > for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=* > > Note that the same scheme seems to me to work well for building and for > landuse. I a

Re: [Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-19 Thread Tobias Knerr
On 19.09.2014 14:22 Dan S wrote: > for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + operator=* > OR > for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university + operator=* > > Note that the same scheme seems to me to work well for building and for > landuse. > > I thou

[Tagging] University accommodation (was Re: Future proposal - RFC - amenity=dormitory)

2014-09-19 Thread Dan S
Hi all, I have been fixing some university tagging (Sheffield contained hundreds of amenity=university!). For student accommodation, I have been using for buildings: building=residential + residential=university + operator=* OR for sites: landuse=residential + residential=university