> the building=* tag helps define the rough purpose fo the building - but not > the exact purpose. The pin or other tags on the building do that. And that > building looks like it wants to sell food to tourists. ^_^
Yes, true. Though I rather had something like building=gastronomic in mind, not building=restaurant. Am 25. September 2018 02:54:02 MESZ schrieb John Willis <[email protected]>: > > > >> On Sep 25, 2018, at 2:15 AM, Tobias Zwick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I find it kind of unfitting to tag those as building=retail because >the >> kind of building is almost like a residential one (or like a hotel). > >the buildings look like a hotel (or was perhaps a hotel in the past) - >but if it is just a restaurant now, then it is building=retail. > >If it is a place where you can rent a private room to sleep, it is a >building=hotel with a commercial landuse, a pin for the hotel, and >another pin for the restaurant (the lobby restaurant in hotels is >usually a separate mappable place, as it’s purpose, operating hours, >and access to the general public is different than the hotel itself. > >there are all kinds of amenities - pubs, restaurants, bed&breakfasts, >Ryokans, fast food shops, etc, But if they take up the entire >building, almost all of them would fall into building=retail or >building=hotel. you are tagging the purpose of the building - not it’s >design, except in the rarest of cases. > >the building=* tag helps define the rough purpose fo the building - but >not the exact purpose. The pin or other tags on the building do that. >And that building looks like it wants to sell food to tourists. ^_^ > >I understand the “rest stop” nature of the building - there are similar >buildings in Japan, some larger complexes registered as official “road >stations” often using the nickname "Oasis” with the government, and >others that are merely private businesses that provide a place to sit >and relax and enjoy a coffee - but mapping the small private >businesses that do this as anything other than a “cafe” or “restaurant” >or “convenience store” is very very difficult without some larger >complex with a larger landuse with more amenities. > >http://www.nanmoku.ne.jp/modules/oasis/index.php?content_id=4/ ><http://www.nanmoku.ne.jp/modules/oasis/index.php?content_id=4/> > >an official “Road station” on a very narrow road in the mountains. > >http://michinoeki-shimonita.com <http://michinoeki-shimonita.com/> > >A pretty large road station down in the valley. > >they are a collection of several shops and amenities - not a single >building with a single purpose. > >Javbw _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
