Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-21 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 21-11-16 09:02, joost schouppe wrote: Upon further thought on this subject which doubtlessly keeps all of you out of your sleep, here's a short analysis with my conclusion: dog_toilet: plus: it is very clear what it means, even for non-native speakers min: * we would need cat_toilet, hamster_

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-21 Thread Hakuch
On 21.11.2016 09:02, joost schouppe wrote: > So I would like to propose a completely new value: amenity=pet_toilet. > It is as descriptive as the best here, but easily expandable. It is a place > where pets go to the toilet. Obviously they don't have a sit-down toilet. > But "going to the toilet" i

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
I am not convinced we will need a lot of other values for specific animals in the context of amenity=pet_toilet. Things can always be structured into more generic main tags and additional subtags (without which the main tag does not make sufficient sense to understand the thing). E.g. we could have

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-21 Thread joost schouppe
Upon further thought on this subject which doubtlessly keeps all of you out of your sleep, here's a short analysis with my conclusion: dog_toilet: plus: it is very clear what it means, even for non-native speakers min: * we would need cat_toilet, hamster_toilet etc over time. * technically, a toil

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-10 Thread joost schouppe
Thanks for the link John! Pet relief areas as described in the OPs mail are exactly "dog toilet". The the discussion went everywhere :) Maybe amenity=pet_relief_area is the better tag: it's just as descriptive as amenity=dog_toilet, but can be expanded to indicate which animals can use it. I thin

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-09 Thread John Willis
> On 9 Nov 2016, at 11:24 PM, joost schouppe wrote: > > Many cities have special little areas which are specifically meant to be used > as a toilet area for dogs. Sounds like "pet relief areas" you find on motorways. Getting the dog out of the car is usually to let them "get relief" by taking

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-09 Thread John Willis
Javbw > On 10 Nov 2016, at 8:16 AM, David Bannon wrote: > > "potty_area". > > what has that got to do with dogs ? > It is "cute talk" that people use with kids as well pets - "do you have to go potty?". It is a very bad choice of a tag name, but it is influenced by people baby-talking to t

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-09 Thread David Bannon
I would find it very hard to support "potty_area". A potty is a container used by small children during toilet training, what has that got to do with dogs ? David On 10/11/16 01:24, joost schouppe wrote: Hi, Many cities have special little areas which are specifically meant to be used as a

Re: [Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-09 Thread Tijmen Stam
On 09-11-16 15:24, joost schouppe wrote: Hi, Many cities have special little areas which are specifically meant to be used as a toilet area for dogs. They look like this: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2420/844/320/Hondentoilet.jpg There is a proposal for this: https://wiki.openstreetmap

[Tagging] dog toilets

2016-11-09 Thread joost schouppe
Hi, Many cities have special little areas which are specifically meant to be used as a toilet area for dogs. They look like this: http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2420/844/320/Hondentoilet.jpg There is a proposal for this: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Dog_Poop_Area