On 23/08/2013 12:07, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote:
On 22 August 2013 10:03, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
website=xxx - which will give the details (if we could access them from the
map)
I'm not sure if I can quote the website in this case as Google may
have a database copyright on it. I generally only quote websites if
they are advertised on the geographic site itself. In this case, the
building was strangely anonymous, other than the name and the car
parking arrangements.
The bottom line is "do we add the fine detail?" ... places like Lumley are a
My feeling is that the query/rendering tools can throw away excess
detail, but cannot generate detail that is not there. I think the
limit has to be set by when a reasonably intelligent person cannot
distinguish between two categories (which is not to say that in the
grey world in which we live, many if not most things will fall close
to borderlines).
Agreed. Our eating place is a grey blurry categorisation is a good
example that works well and internationally: fast_food > cafe >
restaurant with the fine detail, and what that means in different part
of the world, left to specific "precise detail" tags, such cuisine.
Waterways is probably another one. Great for initial identification and
general classification, but if you want to use it a canoeist or angler,
more arcane/precise info is needed.
[whips Mr. Pedantic hat on, for I am in that mood today.]
Thinking on those lines, and applying it to the non-GB countries that I
map in, I suggest that :
1) the main topic of conversation is an "Event hall", as suggested: A
(most likely single) building with its dominant function being a (most
likely single) large space with flat area that can host meals, dances,
presentations, entertainment and other ad hoc events. May have
ancilliary facilities such as side rooms, toilets, kitchen, stage. May
be publicly or privately run.
2) An "Event centre" or "Conference centre" being typically a larger
enterprise with a group of facilities including one or more of: large
event spaces, meeting rooms, dining facilities, accommodation. May also
have small sport/relaxation facilities, park land. Accommodation is NOT
usually offered for ordinary visitors or drive by. [Lots of these in
Sweden, hence my interest.]
3) A "hotel", as we already use it, conversely may have all the features
of an event centre but a major function is to provide accommodation to
ordinary and drive-by visitors.
Mike
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