Hi, I quite like the idea. For people, who think about using OSM data in their project, clarity of tag structure might be an important issue.
> I think "why bother". Clearly what we have is chaotic, but any system > you can think of will become chaotic sooner or later with people > (ab)using it to their heart's content, so what's the big deal. The question is whether to choose "chaos" or "less chaos". I think it's still a significant difference. Are there any serious reasons "why not to bother"? Technically I support the idea of key named "spiritual", because there are more tags to fit in such group: wayside cross, small shrine, ... Regards, Radomir Cernoch 2009/6/24 <greg...@arenius.com>: > The amenity key is currently used for so many different things that it has > no meaning. It has become a catch all category for everything that > doesn't have a place elsewhere. I'm proposing breaking it up into more > keys to help make things more organized. > > Proposed keys: > > *Amenity > *Death > *Education > *Entertainment > *Financial > *Government > *Healthcare > *Sustenance > *Transportation > *Waste > > With their tags: > > Amenity: > *BBQ > *Bench > *Drinking_fountain > *Emergency_Telephone > *Fountain > *Shelter > *Telephone > *Toilet > > Death: > *Graveyard > *Crematorium > Maybe also things like tombs, catacombs, mortuaries, funeral homes, etc. > Could probably also replace landuse=cemetary > > Education: > *School > *College > *Library > *University > > Entertainment: > *Arts_centre > *Brothel > *Cinema > *Nightclub > *Theatre > *Studio > > Financial: > *ATM > *Bank > *Bureau_de_change > Maybe also check cashing, brokerages, stock exchanges, commodity > exchanges, etc > > Government: > *Baby_hatch > *Courthouse > *Embassy > *Fire_station > *Police_station > *Post_office > *Post_box > *Public_building > *Prison > *Townhall > I think a lot of other types government buildings could be added here as > well. > > Healthcare: > *Dentist > *Doctor > *Hospital > *Pharmacy > *Veterinary > This key has been proposed and passed a vote (15-4) but no further work > has been done with it because the proposer doesn't have time. I'd move it > along but I think it should be part of a larger reorganization of amenity. > There are a lot of other tags that could be put in this category so I > think its an especially important one. > > Sustenance: > *Biergarten > *Cafe > *Fast_food > *Food_court > *Pub > *Restaurant > > Transportation: > *Bicycle_parking > *Bicycle_rental > *Bus_station > *Car_rental > *Car_sharing > *Ferry_terminal > *Fuel > *Parking > *Taxi_stands > I think there has been discussion about a key somewhat like this but > nothing has been officially proposed. > > Waste: > *Recycling > *Waste_basket > *Waste_disposal > Maybe also things like dumps, recycling baskets, etc. > > That leaves us with a few stray tags which I think can be better placed > elsewhere. > > Hunting_stand can go in leisure. > Marketplace can go in landuse. > Signpost can go in the proposed information key. > Vending_machine can go in the shop key, or failing that, its own key. > > Which leaves place_of_worship. Maybe in a new spiritual key with things > like holy_site, etc? It really doesn't fit well in amenity though. > > I've copied this proposal into the wiki at > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_Amenity_Reoganization > which I'll be working on improving. > > What do people think? I know that there are a bazillion amenity tags > already in use but I think that going forward a better organized system > will be worth the effort of implementing it. > > Cheers, > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- Radomir Cernoch +44 750 708 8293 / +420 607 282 031 Email, Jabber: radomir.cern...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk