> On Feb 20, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 20/02/2015 1:22 PM, johnw wrote: >> I think he’s trying to say that “a storage amenity” is different from "a >> parking amenity”, because it is not something you would seek out on the map >> when looking for parking (even long term airport parking, i think) - but >> rather something you’d seek out when looking for a storage facility for your >> vehicle, where the vehicle spends most of it’s life parked, instead of >> (illegally) in front of your house. > > But the proposal says it uses the same rendering as other amenity=parking ...
Sorry, I was an idiot, I was reading the comments but neglected the actual proposal. You’re right. However, to me, this is a service that assists you with storage of what happens to be a vehicle (AKA a commercial service) so it either is a business or a retail establishment service - not a parking amenity - it has very different access expectations ( you can’t walk up to it, you can’t access it, you need to arrange ahead of time to access it if it is a business). A long term storage lot is parking for the storage business - which is totally covered by parking + private - but I thought he was trying to define the “Vehecle Storage business” - and I commented that it is also an amenity for certain facilities and complexes. The “service” of storing the Vehicle is a business beyond providing local parking - and like a car mechanic or a car wash, services *to the car for the owner* should be somehow reflected in a business sense - not through a variation of the parking lot itself. It’s hard to convey the difference between parking and storage, but it feels like that difference belongs outside the parking tag. > > amenity=vehicle_storage? That would be good for a private space provided in a larger facility to it’s patrons (like a Planned community)- That would mean it can’t be amenity=parking, right? How would you define it as a business? Most "money for services” - like a hair dresser are under the shop=• tag, Even car repair - which is similarly a place you take your car and pay for a service performed to it (which can be labor-only), so I thought making a new value for shop=* would be a natural choice. In summary: Amenity=Vehicle_storage sounds great for when it is an amenity of a lager facility shop=vehicle_storage sounds great for a business that offers this service. If you are looking for Vehicle storage services, a bunch of arrows popping up on lots in planned communities and military bases that you can never use isn’t very useful. Javbw. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
