Ok, thanks for the feedback. Let's gather some global thoughts on this, I've posted https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2019-April/044554.html
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 16:23, Roger Browne <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never been happy about "natural=cave_entrance", yet I have used it > several times because it seems to be the least bad of the tags currently in > use. > > The use of "amenity' is just wrong, because an amenity is something that > is provided for a purpose (such as a cafe, bicycle parking, a charging > station, a table, etc): > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity > Furthermore, every other type of "shelter" has a deliberately-constructed > roof (hut, picnic shelter, changing shed, sunshade, etc). > > A rock overhang is something natural that just exists. To my mind it > absolutely belongs under "natural". The ideal would simply be > "natural=rock_overhang". A map should tell it like it is, and not > complicate things by trying to "fit a square shelter_type into a round > amenity". > > Roger. > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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