> Am 05/mar/2014 um 17:56 schrieb Satoshi IIDA <nyamp...@gmail.com>: > > The water of "onsen" bathing amenity is from always natural. > And in precise, it is upper 25'C and must have mineral element. (by law) > > Not from natural water bathing amenity, it must be called "Sento (bath house, > rough meaning "Bath with coin/cheap fee")". > In fact, some onsen amenity has no water for their amenity. > But they are called as "onsen". Such as "sand bath", or "steam bath (sauna)". > > BTW their mutual function is "the warmth or water is from natural". > > > * there are many natural, undelopped hot springs in Japan. > > Are those also called "onsen"? > In the case of. > The common, so called, and main meaning of "onsen" is targeted to represent > bathing amenity. > > By JP law, very natural hot spring with mineral is classified as... > * under 25'C water: Kousen (mineral spring) > * upper 25'C water: Onsen (hot spring) > > I could propose following tag combinations to represent "onsen" amenity, but > certainly I think they are not your concern ;) > Maybe it is better with another proposal, I would like to hear other > country's situation. > > * Onsen Hotel > tourism=hotel (or something other, B&B) > leisure=onsen > > * Onsen without lodging > amenity=public_bath > leisure=onsen > > * Hotel with Onsen, can use onsen as public_bath also (Higaeri Onsen in > Japanese) > tourism=hotel (or something other, B&B) > amenity=public_bath > leisure=onsen > > * Sento (bathing amenity using water not from hot spring) > amenity=public_bath
what about using amenity=public_bath and then subtype to have specific values according to your legislation and standards, sth. like bath:type=onsen / sento etc. or maybe jp:onsen to give a hint that it is not in English cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
