Thanks Marc, yes, shelter_type is the one I've used in the past. I was
using my phone while boarding a plane and didn't have time to do a proper
look-up. There have been discussions in the past about the use of the
"type" key and so shelter_type would be much preferred.

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 2:12 AM, Marc Gemis <marc.ge...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not the established shelter_type [1], which is used over 69.000
> times according to taginfo [2]
>
> [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:shelter_type
> [2] http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=shelter_type
>
> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 6:09 AM, David Swarthout
> <daveswarth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I would discourage the use of type as a key here as it is used to
> > differentiate between relations. Suggest shelter:type or something
> similar.
> > Cheers
> > Dave
> >
> > Get Outlook for iOS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 6:29 PM -0700, "Mark Bradley"
> > <ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> > From: Martin Koppenhoefer
> >> > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
> >> >
> >> > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Mapping pergolas/arbors
> >> > >
> >> > > I know of some pergolas I would like to map.  (Wikipedia says other
> >> > > words for these features are "arbors" and "arbours.")  Looking on
> the
> >> > > wiki on the list of map features, there doesn't appear to be any
> >> > > established tags for these features, so I'm asking for suggestions
> >> > > before I make up my own.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > maybe the key "building" could be used, values could be "pergola" or
> >> > "arbour" (BE
> >> > spelling). This is about a frame on which plants are intended to grow
> >> > for shade, right?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > cheers,
> >> > Martin
> >>
> >>
> >> Yes Martin, you're correct.
> >>
> >> Based on the discussion here, I will plan to go with amenity=shelter,
> >> followed by type=pergola.
> >>
> >> Mark Bradley
> >>
> >>
> >>
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