Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-09-01 Thread Michael Collinson
On 23/08/2013 12:07, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: On 22 August 2013 10:03, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: website=xxx - which will give the details (if we could access them from the map) I'm not sure if I can quote the website in this case as Google may have a database copyright on it.

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-09-01 Thread sk53.osm
I'd agree with Mike, banqueting_hall is a tad too specific, but I did like the other option of function_hall suggested by someone earlier in the thread. Event_hall is an equivalent which works fine for me too. Note that there is a cross-over to things tagged village_hall or similar, and many

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 22 August 2013 10:03, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: website=xxx - which will give the details (if we could access them from the map) I'm not sure if I can quote the website in this case as Google may have a database copyright on it. I generally only quote websites if they are

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 22 August 2013 15:46, Brian Prangle bpran...@gmail.com wrote: In the West Midlands we have dozens of these which cater mainly for Asian weddings and celebrations where large extended families have to be catered for. Probably the same in most large urban areas. I generally just tag them as

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-23 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 22 August 2013 10:03, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: website=xxx - which will give the details (if we could access them from the map) If you access it from http://www.openlinkmap.org/ you can access them from the map (and also phone numbers).

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-23 Thread Lester Caine
OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: website=xxx - which will give the details (if we could access them from the map) If you access it fromhttp://www.openlinkmap.org/ you can access them from the map (and also phone numbers). How long have I been using OSM and I've not found out about this ... But I

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 21 August 2013 14:44, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: Banqueting hall seems rather specific. These types of places may be used for a wide variety of events, so may be known by different names. eg might be used for conferences, exhibition, live music etc. I think a more generic

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 22 August 2013 08:07, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: On 21 August 2013 14:44, Craig Wallace craig...@fastmail.fm wrote: That's probably better than banqueting hall. On the other hand, it needs to be distinguished from the concept exposition centre which One other possible

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: Banqueting hall seems rather specific. These types of places may be used for a wide variety of events, so may be known by different names. eg might be used for conferences, exhibition, live music etc. I think a more generic tag for an event hall would be useful.

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread OpenStreetmap HADW
On 22 August 2013 08:41, Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk wrote: specialist market band wagon, 'Banqueting hall' is another use that could be applied anywhere, but I can see that being a specialist type of restaurant rather than a 'hall' since essentially it's a place to eat with some form of

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread Lester Caine
OpenStreetmap HADW wrote: specialist market band wagon, 'Banqueting hall' is another use that could be applied anywhere, but I can see that being a specialist type of restaurant rather than a 'hall' since essentially it's a place to eat with some form of themed entertainment? Whilst banqueting

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-22 Thread Brian Prangle
In the West Midlands we have dozens of these which cater mainly for Asian weddings and celebrations where large extended families have to be catered for. Probably the same in most large urban areas. I generally just tag them as building=yes and with the name on the display board which usually

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-21 Thread Matt Williams
On 21 August 2013 00:00, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: I've come across a building that provides the sort of facilities that one might find in some hotels for day time and evening functions (weddings, posh birthday parties, etc.), but does not have any overnight accommodation.

Re: [Talk-GB] Tagging Banquetting Halls (neither hotels, not community centres)

2013-08-21 Thread Craig Wallace
On 2013-08-21 10:53, Matt Williams wrote: On 21 August 2013 00:00, OpenStreetmap HADW osmh...@gmail.com wrote: I've come across a building that provides the sort of facilities that one might find in some hotels for day time and evening functions (weddings, posh birthday parties, etc.), but does