On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 08:11:04AM +1000, Warin wrote: > On 7/5/2016 7:50 AM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 08:26:23PM +0100, Dan S wrote: > > >> 2016-07-04 20:20 GMT+01:00 ael <law_ence....@ntlworld.com>: > > > > apparently the start of the thread is on the GB-talk list.
Yes. Sorry. I thought I had quoted enough to show the original question. > > > > rather widely is amenity=recycling + recycling=scrap_metal: > > > > ael wrote on 2016/07/04 22:25: > > > > > The wiki seemed to suggest that was for containers - recycling points > > > where stuff was left. Which didn't seem to fit. > > > > I cannot find such suggestion. amenity=recycling is distinguished > > into either recycling_type=centre or recycling_type=container, > > and you can specify the material among others: > > recycling:scrap_metal=yes/no I guess that I somehow overlooked recyling_type=centre. > > > I used amenity=scrap_yard > > > > Only used 4 times, should be changed as above. > > > > > and scrap-yard=metal > > > > When the related value has an underscore you should not introduce a > > hyphen here. Yes: that was just a typo. > > amenity=recycling 164677x > > recycling_type=centre 8200x > > recycling:scrap_metal 9000x I suppose that is the best option, although it seems more natural to use recyling_type=business for the place I was tagging. > > Possibly the original feature is a 'bone yard' (american english), 'junk > yard', wrecking yard' etc. These are where old scraped cars go to have parts > removed and sold on for use on cars. As such they 'recycle' every thing they > can off the car - windows, seats, engines, wheels, etc etc ... As such they > recycle more than just 'metal' In this case, they don't break vehicles which is a bit more specialised, I think. Thanks for the various replies. My scrap_yard tags were only meant to be temporary self-documenting place holders. ael _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
