On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 3:49 AM, Martin Vonwald <imagic....@gmail.com> wrote:
> In my opinion the "gas station" is not the building but the whole area. > Also the address belongs to the whole area and that's the way I tag gas > stations: > > - Draw an area to cover the complete gas station and put amenity=fuel > together with additional tags like the address on it. In my region it is > usually quite clear on an aerial image where the station starts and where > it ends (some kind of fence, barrier, whatever, ...).\\\ > > That'd be a better polygon for "landuse=retail". Odds are you're not going to be getting gas out of the air compressor or a parking space in the far corner. Or the car wash, if there is one. > > - Draw the roads (highway=service) and buildings (building=yes resp. > building=roof + layer=1) > - Additional attributes like amenity=car_wash, amenity=parking, > shop=convenience.... go to there actual position, i.e. if there is a > convenience store in one of the buildings I add the tag there. > - No need to provide the address more than once: the address belongs > to everything within the area tagged with amenity=fuel > > Except now people can't use it to have a routing engine find the fuel line for 'em.
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