I'm lurking but you know where I stand on this tag. +1 for amenity=dump_station
Cheers, Dave On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 5:50 PM, David Bannon <dban...@internode.on.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2015-02-16 at 21:34 -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > .... > > > The real question is what type of tag would attract rendering > > support. amenity=dump_station is easier to deal with, > > as it's a single level that maps to the commonly understood function > > of a place to dump a sewage holding tank. > > Bryce, I agree, my own interest here is I'm heading out on a trip, in an > RV, in a couple of months. I'd like to map these things, need to know > where they are. > > My particular interest here is camping and emptying my holding tank, but > there is a huge list of other people who have some other pet need. I > understand the community is (reportedly) reluctant to cater to each of > those needs individually with yet another amenity tag. > > Maybe I am wrong, lets see who stands up ? > > > There is a common icon: > > http://www.broomfield.org/images/pages/N331/blue%20heading%20icons_rv% > > 20dump.png > > > Truth is, we'll need a lot of use before the rendering people can help. > > > amenity=waste_disposal + waste=chemical_toilet > > is a nested tag, and far less clear. Someone searching for a preset > > for this might not find it. And it's not entirely > > clear exactly what the waste is (the toilet or the contents of the > > toilet)? > > Not sure I agree. If we document it properly, its searchable and pretty > easy to tag. And we say "amenity=waste_disposal and the waste is XXX". > > Agree I'd prefer a high level tag but its not bad like that, really. > > David > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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