On Wednesday, 24 April 2019, Warin wrote: > On 25/04/19 04:39, Dave F wrote: > > > > > > On 21/04/2019 01:12, Warin wrote: > >> > >> > >> I am all for the introduction of the key education=* > >> > >> > >> It makes sense, adds detail - improves the map data base. > > > > True. > > > > The one that irks me is amenity=cafe. It isn't there for the benefit > > of the community; it is a commercial enterprise & should be tagged as > > a shop. > > +1 > > The same can be said for a pub, restaurant, etc. > They are all commercial enterprises, if they did not make money they > would not exist. > There 'service' to the community is there to help them make money. > Although one of the descriptions that an estate agent will use when describing a property is close to the amenities. The big 4 Ps that are used to describe the amenities that make a village sustainable are Primary School, Parish Church, Post Office and Pub.
Once any go, then the community is dieing. The pub is a major amenity, that is why communities will club together to operate and keep the pub open. So it may be a business, but it is also one of the prime amenities. Phil (trigpoint) -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
