@Dan S — Good answer. I was wondering how to tag such places myself. On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi - > > It looks like there's this tag, including a tag suggested for your > specific issue: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:shop%3Dmassage > > Best > Dan > > 2014-09-21 4:23 GMT+01:00 Mishari Muqbil <mish...@mishari.net>: > > Hi, > > > > Thailand has these places called "entertainment complexes"[1] that > > offers bathing + massage services and quite often the expectation is > > that there will be sexual services offered. However, I don't want to tag > > them as brothels as prostitution on the premises is legally not > allowed[2]. > > > > I propose to tag this as leisure=massage_parlour since that's what the > > Thai English dictionary calls them[3] but I don't want it to be mistaken > > for more family friendly establishments in other parts of the world. > > Colloquially these places are called soapy massage so perhaps > > leisure=soapy_massage? :) > > > > One reason why they should be mapped is just how prominent they are as > > landmarks in general. For example, here's one called Utopia > > http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/z1A8OOUw01E5Jc84Mff-1Q this one's La > > Defense http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/ho84IFdUxupke-6pwrWW3g and > > Colonze http://www.mapillary.com/map/im/469ttdMVw4_1o3vkuvE_xw > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#Ab_Ob_Nuat > > [2] > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution_in_Thailand#The_Entertainment_Places_Act > > [3] > > > http://th.w3dictionary.org/index.php?q=%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%94 > > -- > > Best regards > > Mishari Muqbil > > EE32 64BD 7D1F 5946 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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