Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ed Hillsman ehills...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:04:11 +1100, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: I think storage and self-storage imply different things. The former would be warehousing etc for business customers, and the latter for the

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Serge Wroclawski
A bit OT, but the minute I started reading this thread, I couldn't help but think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac - Serge ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-11 14:29, Nathan Edgars II wrote: There is some use of http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/amenity=storage but I don't know if any (except for the ones I tagged) are used for this type of facility. I've been using amenity=storage. -- Alan Mintz alan_mintz+...@earthlink.net

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-11 15:04, Steve Bennett wrote: On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: I'd take the view that amenity implies a degree of personal access, so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk unnecessary typos with

[Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Ed Hillsman
Is there a recommended way to tag self-storage facilities? The closest I've been able to find is the tag landuse=garages (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/tag:landuse%3Dgarages ) but the wiki discussion is of car storage, and the discussion of the proposal for that tag

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
self-storage would be the usual term in en-gb photo of one attached (not in OSM - yet) Richard On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Ed Hillsman ehills...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Is there a recommended way to tag self-storage facilities? The closest I've been able to find is the tag landuse=garages

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
opening directly to the outdoors (as in the photo) and some off interior hallways. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities From :mailto:richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com Date :Sat Dec 11 16:09:29 America/Chicago 2010 self-storage would be the usual term in en-gb

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:19 PM, John F. Eldredge j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: So, landuse=self_storage would probably be the way to tag them, using out convention of underscores as separators. Self-storage is also the standard USA term for such facilities. From my personal experience, they

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Welty
On 12/11/10 5:19 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: So, landuse=self_storage would probably be the way to tag them, using out convention of underscores as separators. Self-storage is also the standard USA term for such facilities. From my personal experience, they typically have several different

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Nathan Edgars II nerou...@gmail.com wrote: Why landuse? It's generally going to be located inside a larger landuse area of commercial or industrial, and could be as small as a standard office building. There is some use of

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
commercial warehouses. From my experience, most such facilities have a fenced enclosure, with driveways to each building, although there are usually a few units accessible from outside the fence.. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities From :mailto:nerou

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
I'd take the view that amenity implies a degree of personal access, so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk unnecessary typos with underscores. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Richard Mann richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com wrote: I'd take the view that amenity implies a degree of personal access, so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk unnecessary typos with underscores. I think storage and self-storage

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Ed Hillsman
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:04:11 +1100, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: I think storage and self-storage imply different things. The former would be warehousing etc for business customers, and the latter for the general public. That said, I'd be inclined to go with amenity=storage for