On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Simone Saviolo <simone.savi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/10/12 Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> >> >> However, I personally don't think your example of putting the URLs to >> a place's webpage on foursquare, Google+, Yelp, TripAdvisor, etc. is >> the way to go. >> >> OSM is not a link directory so adding many such links on the OSM >> database doesn't seem appropriate. One or two is maybe OK. > > > I don't agree. If we follow that reasoning consistently, we may conclude > that tagging a bar on OSM is wrong, because OSM is not a bar directory, and > its name may change, and it may close, etc.
The difference between a link directory and a bar directory is that bars have physical locations and make them amenable to be included in the OSM database. That is not the case with links to third-party websites. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
