... i should have said 'adding helper tags to further define a map feature' instead of 'tag redirects' :) oops.
On 9/8/10, Sean Horgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Are you talking about this: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Sheltered_Housing? > > Also, on the amenity wiki under Entertainment, Arts & Culture there is a > link to a social_centre: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:amenity%3Dsocial_centre&action=edit&redlink=1 > > It is described as "A place for free and not-for-profit activities." but it > is not defined at all. > > Are you recommending that we use "social" instead of either "social_centre" > or "social_facility". I lean towards "facility" myself as just "social" or > "social_centre" sounds more recreational. > > In general I like the idea of redirecting amenity:homeless_shelter to a more > generic tag. How does this impact retrieval via an API? > > -- > Sean > > On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:58, Sam Vekemans > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> hi, >> I have 'amenity=sheltered_housing' >> which can be translated to >> amenity=social >> social=sheltered_housing >> >> >> then setup a re-direct of amenity=homeless_shelter to the above 2 tags >> as a pop-up 'did you mean ....?' >> >> >> this way, its generic enough that other features can be put into >> 'social', and can still be understood. >> >> >> cheers, >> sam >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
