Good move Warin. At present, this key seems a bit light on for documentation, no history and little info for any of it children.
Is it an 'approved' key ? Little use. In the context where this discussion came up, camp_sites, I'd suggest waste=chemical_toilet is the one we are interested in. The waste=excrement mentions boat. Boat facilities are distinctly different, usually relying on a large hose connecting the two tanks and a pump. Chemical_toilets (in my experience) are a concrete 'bowl' about half a square metre where the material in question is either poured or pumped. Should we start by improving the documentation there ? David On Tue, 2015-02-03 at 12:05 +1100, Warin wrote: > The key:amenity=waste_disposal has a sub key > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:waste where some of the things > you mention as stated. These presently are; > > * waste=trash - (for trash/rubbish) > * waste=excrement - (for excrement evacuation systems for > boats) > * waste=oil - (for motoroil, diesel and emulsions) > * waste=chemical_toilet - (for chemical toilets) > * waste=grey_water - (for soapy water, like from showers and > dish washing) > * waste=drugs - to subtag a special container for the collection > of pharmaceuticals / medicine / drugs > * waste=organic > * waste=plastic > * waste=rubble > * waste=scrap_metal > > The key:waste=excrement already exists as a sub tag under > amenity=waste_disposal but the main page is not consistent with > that .. > > Either the main page is wrong to exclude excrement OR the waste page > is wrong to include it. Take your pick. I vote for excrement on the > main wiki page, not for its exclusion. > > The main page also mentions "A place where canal boaters, caravaners > etc. can dispose of rubbish (trash/waste)." better expressed as "A > place where people can dispose of waste."? There are a few of these > kind of statements that are tending to exclude things .. when there is > no alternative and where the key:waste= includes them. > > > ------------------ Recycling? > I'd think bins dedicated to recycling would be better tagged using the > existing amenity=recycling > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Drecycling . > > > > > > On 3/02/2015 11:36 AM, Dave Swarthout wrote: > > > The problem is that "waste" as currently defined in the wiki refers > > to things you want to dispose of that would come out of a home or > > office, things like table scraps, cans and bottles, paper, discarded > > packaging materials. My term for this is trash or garbage. These > > days much of that is recycled, especially in certain environmentally > > aware communities, but that's far from being the general case. As > > usual, there are differing definitions for these terms depending on > > where you live and what you are accustomed to. > > > > If you rewrite the wiki definition of amenity=waste_disposal to > > include sewage I think you'll invite a lot of extra discussion and > > run into a dead end with your proposal. Using it with a subkey like > > waste=sewage might be a better approach but then there needs to be a > > bunch of other waste=* subkeys for recyclable items, paper items, > > etc. > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Reading the wiki on key:amenity=waste_disposal > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity% > > 3Dwaste_disposal > > > > says .. it is not for 'watery waste disposal' .. yet the > > key:waste says it is for 'watery waste disposal'!!!! > > > > It needs a rewrite into a sensible thing! That is > > consistent! And does not reference old history but simply > > states what it it for and how to use it... > > > > Any objections to a rewrite .. you can if you wish leave it > > to me .. (with possible speeelin errors and auto > > corrections) ? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
