yup, just change 'social_facility:for=homeless' to shelter=homess'
this way it's a clear sub-sub-tag cheers, sam On 9/13/10, Sean Horgan <seanhor...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > -- Twitter: @Acrosscanada Blogs: http://acrosscanadatrails.posterous.com/ http://Acrosscanadatrails.blogspot.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sam.vekemans Skype: samvekemans IRC: irc://irc.oftc.net #osm-ca Canadian OSM channel (an open chat room) @Acrosscanadatrails _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
