I would prefer a different tag as I would not like the lemonade table to be rendered in the same way as a regular filling station. The tag shop=gas with subtag would be better.
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 11:46 AM Andrew Errington <erringt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think they should remain as amenity=fuel (I have visited Thailand and I > know what you mean). Local people will know what to expect, but for > clarity perhaps subtags should be used to add detail and differentiate > between a filling station and a "lemonade stand" selling fuel. > > On Thursday, 19 March 2015, Lukas Sommer <sommer...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In Benin (Africa) these shops exist also – mostly only a table with >> some big bottles with fuel. >> >> 2015-03-19 9:18 GMT, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com>: >> > I want to float an idea to get your reactions. Here in Thailand, and >> > especially in rural areas, there are hundreds of shops that sell motor >> fuel >> > in small quantities. Most of the population drive motorbikes which are >> used >> > for every sort of transport imaginable. They have a tiny petrol tank, >> > perhaps 4-5 liters, therefore a short range; they need frequent >> fill-ups. >> > To meet this need local individuals have set up small sheds or kiosks >> from >> > which they hand pump the small quantities needed. Some shops sell fuel >> by >> > the liter bottle, often a whiskey bottle. Such shops are poorly marked, >> > seldom have any signs indicating their presence and typically offer no >> > other services. If you live in the area you will know where the fuel >> shop >> > is, otherwise they're almost invisible >> > >> > At any rate, we're looking for a way to tag these fuel shops in such a >> way >> > that they become visible in OSM (and on our GPS units), and will not be >> > mistaken for a full size fuel service station. Current tagging practice >> is >> > to tag them with amenity=fuel and a made up name, for example, Bike >> petrol >> > or Drummed fuel. The people doing this are aware of the fact that such >> > tagging isn't strictly correct, but they understandably want to be able >> to >> > find those shops should they run out of fuel. One problem with this >> > Thailand-centric approach, is that other data consumers are unaware of >> it. >> > Another is that the informal names are multiplying rapidly and one >> mapper's >> > drummed fuel is another's barreled fuel and another's Bike petrol. >> Where it >> > will end is anyone's guess. >> > >> > I'm suggesting an addition to the values of the shop key: shop=fuel or >> > perhaps shop=motor_fuel >> > >> > My goal is to standardize the tagging so that at some point these shops >> can >> > be eventually rendered on Garmin compatible downloaded maps and hence >> made >> > visible. I have done this for my custom Garmin maps and find it a real >> > asset. >> > >> > Here is a photo of such a shop in my neighborhood: >> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABarreled_fuel_shop.jpg >> > >> > -- >> > Dave Swarthout >> > Homer, Alaska >> > Chiang Mai, Thailand >> > Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com >> > >> >> >> -- >> Lukas Sommer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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