On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Simone Saviolo <simone.savi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2012/10/18 Eugene Alvin Villar <sea...@gmail.com> >> >> 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. > > > Ok, then what about their opening hours? What about their operator, or their > cuisine?
There's actually a case for not including these things into the OSM database. It should be possible to create an OpenAmenityDatabase for these things and to interlink them with the OSM database for location. That said, most people expect to include information like opening hours and operators into the OSM database as these are intrinsic properties of these amenities. Links to web pages *about* the amenity on third-party websites are not intrinsic properties. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
