Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread John Smith
On 16 September 2010 04:36, Richard Welty wrote: >> railway=service... I haven't checked but I wouldn't be surprised if >> railway=depot already exists... >> > a quick check suggests depot is not currently showing in the wiki > for tagging. I wasn't talking about the wiki, I'm suggesting people m

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/15/10 1:38 PM, John Smith wrote: On 16 September 2010 00:16, Richard Welty wrote: i agree, there are other kinds of depot besides these transportation related ones (military depots, for example.) while right this instant i'm mostly interested in the transportation ones, there's no reason

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread John Smith
On 16 September 2010 00:16, Richard Welty wrote: > i agree, there are other kinds of depot besides these transportation > related ones (military depots, for example.) while right this instant > i'm mostly interested in the transportation ones, there's no reason > to exclude the broader usage, whic

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/15/10 9:50 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: Depot should IMHO not be a highway-tag (I'd prefer to keep highway related to streets, paths and similar). i agree, there are other kinds of depot besides these transportation related ones (military depots, for example.) while right this instant

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/15 John F. Eldredge : > A garage is highway-related, but it isn't a way.  As far as I know, all of > the other usages of the highway tag are a road, path, track, motorway, or > some other type of way. I agree (the only exception I am aware of is highway=bus_stop on nodes (actually lookin

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread John F. Eldredge
A garage is highway-related, but it isn't a way. As far as I know, all of the other usages of the highway tag are a road, path, track, motorway, or some other type of way. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages From :mailto:deltafoxtrot...@gmai

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread Pierre-Alain Dorange
Pieren wrote: > > Most examples listed by Richard seemed to be highway related... > > > > > > > but parking is also highway related... > Why not > "amenity=depot" ? Proposed depot are close to parking (access private and special purpose), so it seems a good idea to stay close to parking tag for

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread Pieren
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM, John Smith wrote: > > Most examples listed by Richard seemed to be highway related... > > > but parking is also highway related... Why not "amenity=depot" ? Pieren ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread John Smith
On 15 September 2010 19:53, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > yes for the subtags, but why "highway"? Most examples listed by Richard seemed to be highway related... ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/15 John Smith : > On 15 September 2010 08:48, Richard Welty wrote: >> so depot really sounds ok. > > So... > > highway=depot > depot=bus|communication|road_works| yes for the subtags, but why "highway"? cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing l

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-15 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/9/15 Katie Filbert : >> these are the obvious ones, although there are also >> garages devoted to commercial vehicle fleets. >> >> anyone have any thoughts on this? > > I would tag them as amenity=parking + access=private + operator=New York > State Department of Transortation (or whatever ap

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread John Smith
On 15 September 2010 08:48, Richard Welty wrote: > so depot really sounds ok. So... highway=depot depot=bus|communication|road_works| ? ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/14/10 6:41 PM, John Smith wrote: On 15 September 2010 08:39, Katie Filbert wrote: I would tag them as amenity=parking + access=private + operator=New York State Department of Transortation (or whatever applicable) + name=___ (fill blank) They aren't just used to park buses etc, they're a

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread John Smith
On 15 September 2010 08:39, Katie Filbert wrote: > I would tag them as amenity=parking + access=private + operator=New York > State Department of Transortation (or whatever applicable) + name=___ (fill > blank) They aren't just used to park buses etc, they're also fueling and maintenance location

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread Katie Filbert
On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:34 PM, Richard Welty wrote: On 9/14/10 6:27 PM, John Smith wrote: On 15 September 2010 08:23, Richard Welty wrote: garages operated by school districts for their bus services Locally these more commonly referred to as a depot... nothing documented for that on t

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread Katie Filbert
On Sep 14, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Richard Welty wrote: landuse=garage seems pretty tightly focused right now. I'm not familiar with the landuse=garage tag. what i'd like to tag that doesn't really fit are garages operated by various government entities, e.g. garages operated by school distric

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread Richard Welty
On 9/14/10 6:27 PM, John Smith wrote: On 15 September 2010 08:23, Richard Welty wrote: garages operated by school districts for their bus services Locally these more commonly referred to as a depot... nothing documented for that on the map features wiki page either. what specifically is u

Re: [Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread John Smith
On 15 September 2010 08:23, Richard Welty wrote: > garages operated by school districts for their bus services Locally these more commonly referred to as a depot... ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listi

[Tagging] tagging government garages

2010-09-14 Thread Richard Welty
landuse=garage seems pretty tightly focused right now. what i'd like to tag that doesn't really fit are garages operated by various government entities, e.g. garages operated by school districts for their bus services garages operated by towns, counties, and state DOT organizations to suppor