On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 21:52, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 6:28 AM, Sean Horgan <seanhor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > social_facility=emergency_shelter (a shelter for homeless people e.g. in > > case of a disaster) > > The description there looks horribly confusing to me. The words > "homeless shelter" leap off the page, even though that's not what it's > describing. > > Agreed, this description didn't work and that's what we're clearing up. In fact I believe kerosin just removed that from the social_facility proposal page: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/social_facility > > social_facility=emergency > > That tag strikes me as not intuitive - you need an accompanying > description to have any idea what it's describing. > There is a clear distinct between homeless people during normal times and those who do not have homes during a disaster. The Humanitarian OSM tags refers to the latter group as Internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs). Having thought about it some more, I don't think we should include emergency facilities into a social facilities feature as they serve different populations at different times. Here is an example of how a homeless shelter feature could be defined: amenity=social_facility + social_facility=shelter + social_facility:for=homeless + name=Loaves and Fishes Dining Room + operator=Sacramento Loaves and Fishes +building=yes + wheelchair=yes + opening hours=24/7 +Addr:Street=1321 North C Street +Addr:City=Sacramento +Addr:State=CA A newbie question I have goes beyond the definition of social_facility and into capturing more specific information about a homeless shelter, such as specific programs they provide (e.g. veterans, jail visitation, job training). Would it be appropriate to introduce a separate homeless_shelter tag for that purpose? Thanks for the help. Sean > That's my first glance reaction, which is worth what you paid for it. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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