On Thu Mar 19 12:46:02 2015 GMT, Jan van Bekkum wrote: > I would prefer a different tag as I would not like the lemonade table to be > rendered in the same way as a regular filling station. The tag shop=gas > with subtag would be better. > I would expect shop=gas to sell bottled gas for camping
Gas as you have used it is American, the English is petrol. However I can see nothing wrong with amenity=fuel, that is what it is in that part of the world . What turns amenity=fuel into a regular filling station is the building=roof. Phil (trigpoint) > On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:46 AM Andrew Errington <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > 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]>: > >> > 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] > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
