On 15 April 2012 11:33, Toby Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 4:08 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That's always useful, but it doesn't solve the issue of getting the >> data for a query like: give me all the hotels cheaper than 66 EUR for >> a double room with bathroom in this bounding box. > > I'm not sure why you would attempt such a query with nothing but OSM > data. There are multiple websites that specialize in this type of > thing and are far better at it than OSM will ever be because they have > direct interaction with hotels to handle the volatility in prices, > room availability and other considerations that are entirely outside > of the scope of OSM. > > hotels.com, orbitz.com, kayak.com, priceline.com, travelocity.com, etc, etc > > There could certainly be interaction between these sites and OSM. But > OSM is not a travel site and I would never use it as such.
Somebody should start an OpenServicesDatabase-project, that would host information about hotels, restaurants, cafes, museums and parks with detailed description of amenities provided along with user reviews. /Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
