I think they should remain as amenity=fuel (I have visited Thailand and I know what you mean). Local people will know what to expect, but for clarity perhaps subtags should be used to add detail and differentiate between a filling station and a "lemonade stand" selling fuel.
On Thursday, 19 March 2015, Lukas Sommer <[email protected]> wrote: > In Benin (Africa) these shops exist also – mostly only a table with > some big bottles with fuel. > > 2015-03-19 9:18 GMT, Dave Swarthout <[email protected] > <javascript:;>>: > > I want to float an idea to get your reactions. Here in Thailand, and > > especially in rural areas, there are hundreds of shops that sell motor > fuel > > in small quantities. Most of the population drive motorbikes which are > used > > for every sort of transport imaginable. They have a tiny petrol tank, > > perhaps 4-5 liters, therefore a short range; they need frequent fill-ups. > > To meet this need local individuals have set up small sheds or kiosks > from > > which they hand pump the small quantities needed. Some shops sell fuel by > > the liter bottle, often a whiskey bottle. Such shops are poorly marked, > > seldom have any signs indicating their presence and typically offer no > > other services. If you live in the area you will know where the fuel shop > > is, otherwise they're almost invisible > > > > At any rate, we're looking for a way to tag these fuel shops in such a > way > > that they become visible in OSM (and on our GPS units), and will not be > > mistaken for a full size fuel service station. Current tagging practice > is > > to tag them with amenity=fuel and a made up name, for example, Bike > petrol > > or Drummed fuel. The people doing this are aware of the fact that such > > tagging isn't strictly correct, but they understandably want to be able > to > > find those shops should they run out of fuel. One problem with this > > Thailand-centric approach, is that other data consumers are unaware of > it. > > Another is that the informal names are multiplying rapidly and one > mapper's > > drummed fuel is another's barreled fuel and another's Bike petrol. Where > it > > will end is anyone's guess. > > > > I'm suggesting an addition to the values of the shop key: shop=fuel or > > perhaps shop=motor_fuel > > > > My goal is to standardize the tagging so that at some point these shops > can > > be eventually rendered on Garmin compatible downloaded maps and hence > made > > visible. I have done this for my custom Garmin maps and find it a real > > asset. > > > > Here is a photo of such a shop in my neighborhood: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABarreled_fuel_shop.jpg > > > > -- > > Dave Swarthout > > Homer, Alaska > > Chiang Mai, Thailand > > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com > > > > > -- > Lukas Sommer > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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