Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-11 15:04, Steve Bennett wrote: On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Richard Mann wrote: > I'd take the view that "amenity" implies a degree of personal access, > so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk > unnecessary typos with underscores. I think "storage" an

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Alan Mintz
At 2010-12-11 14:29, Nathan Edgars II wrote: There is some use of http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/amenity=storage but I don't know if any (except for the ones I tagged) are used for this type of facility. I've been using amenity=storage. -- Alan Mintz __

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Serge Wroclawski
A bit OT, but the minute I started reading this thread, I couldn't help but think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac - Serge ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-12 Thread Serge Wroclawski
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ed Hillsman wrote: > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:04:11 +1100, Steve Bennett > wrote: > >>I think "storage" and "self-storage" imply different things. The >>former would be warehousing etc for business customers, and the latter >>for the general public. >> >>That said,

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Ed Hillsman
On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:04:11 +1100, Steve Bennett wrote: >I think "storage" and "self-storage" imply different things. The >former would be warehousing etc for business customers, and the latter >for the general public. > >That said, I'd be inclined to go with amenity=storage for both, with >som

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Steve Bennett
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Richard Mann wrote: > I'd take the view that "amenity" implies a degree of personal access, > so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk > unnecessary typos with underscores. I think "storage" and "self-storage" imply different things. The

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
I'd take the view that "amenity" implies a degree of personal access, so I reckon amenity=storage is probably sufficient rather than risk unnecessary typos with underscores. Richard ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstr

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:40 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > Well, I was suggesting landuse=self_storage so as to include any associated > driveways, although amenity=storage or amenity=self_storage would work as > well. It doesn't need to be landuse to include driveways; for example amenity=scho

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
commercial warehouses. From my experience, most such facilities have a fenced enclosure, with driveways to each building, although there are usually a few units accessible from outside the fence.. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities >From :mailto:ne

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > Why landuse? It's generally going to be located inside a larger > landuse area of commercial or industrial, and could be as small as a > standard office building. There is some use of > http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/amenity=storage

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Welty
On 12/11/10 5:19 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: So, landuse=self_storage would probably be the way to tag them, using out convention of underscores as separators. "Self-storage" is also the standard USA term for such facilities. From my personal experience, they typically have several different

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 5:19 PM, John F. Eldredge wrote: > So, landuse=self_storage would probably be the way to tag them, using out > convention of underscores as separators. "Self-storage" is also the standard > USA term for such facilities. From my personal experience, they typically > hav

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread John F. Eldredge
able, some opening directly to the outdoors (as in the photo) and some off interior hallways. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities >From :mailto:richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com Date :Sat Dec 11 16:09:29 America/Chicago 2010 "self-storage" would

Re: [Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Richard Mann
"self-storage" would be the usual term in en-gb photo of one attached (not in OSM - yet) Richard On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Ed Hillsman wrote: > Is there a recommended way to tag self-storage facilities? The closest I've > been able to find is the tag landuse=garages > (http://wiki.openst

[Tagging] self-storage facilities

2010-12-11 Thread Ed Hillsman
Is there a recommended way to tag self-storage facilities? The closest I've been able to find is the tag landuse=garages (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/tag:landuse%3Dgarages ) but the wiki discussion is of car storage, and the discussion of the proposal for that tag seem