I like the idea of having a separate tag for buildings that are constructed to be restaurants, pubs, taverns, kro's etc. imho they are a different type compared to buildings for shops, especially supermarket-style buildings (which are large rectangles without too many indoor walls). I see no problem to use a different building style for a small shop in a town vs. a supermarket / mall / rectangle box.
However, I'm not sure whether gastronomic is the proper British-English word to use. I think the Brits are already using building=pub (perhaps only for a subclass of your 'gastronomic'. regards m. On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 9:35 AM Tobias Zwick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
