On Sep 21, 2012 8:11 AM, "Alberto" <albertoferra...@fastwebnet.it> wrote: > > Ok, how many of you vote to separate tags "amenity=animal_shelter" and > "amenity=animal_boarding"? I want opinions from other countries, not only > from United Kingdom.
I'm from the US. To me, "animal shelter" sounds like a temporary home for animals waiting to be adopted, also here sometimes called "the pound". "Animal boarding" sounds like lodging for animals whose owners temporarily can't keep them, more often here called a "kennel" or "doggie day care". While it makes some sense to use one tag to describe both, it makes more sense to use separate values under the key amenity. Veterinary services should probably be another distinct value. > We could also use the key "animal_boarding=<species>" to specify that a > facility offers boarding service (e.g. "amenity=veterinary" + > "animal_boarding=cat;dog"). > In the case of a boarding kennel it would be "amenity=animal_boarding" + > "animal_boarding=dog" I like that better than "dog=yes" and similar. I think it can be used with amenity=veterinary or amenity=animal_shelter or amenity=animal_boarding, or amenity=(some combination with semicolons). In the case of amenity=animal_shelter, tagging like animal_shelter=dog (or whatever animal(s) accepted) would also make sense, even if the meaning is essentially the same as animal_boarding=*. PS if there's any tag that needs better tool support for semicolon-delimited multiple values, it's amanity=*...
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