Re: [Talk-us] Truck stop gas stations as caravan_site

2015-06-01 Thread Bryce Nesbitt
On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Jack Burke burke...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I was wondering if it is appropriate to tag truck stops with tourism=caravan_site. I've noticed a lot of them tagged this way, presumably because many of the truck stop chains allow overnight parking of RVs, some

[Talk-us] Things that are not buildings but are used as one

2015-06-01 Thread Jack Burke
Is it correct to tag a non-building object with building=yes if it is functionally used as one? As examples, I'm thinking about restaurants that use an old train car as a dining room, or this unusual example of a riverboat as a welcome center http://osm.org/go/Tv8f5t42q?layers=Nway=349671718

Re: [Talk-us] Things that are not buildings but are used as one

2015-06-01 Thread phil
On Mon Jun 1 15:40:22 2015 GMT+0100, Jack Burke wrote: Is it correct to tag a non-building object with building=yes if it is functionally used as one? As examples, I'm thinking about restaurants that use an old train car as a dining room, or this unusual example of a riverboat as a

Re: [Talk-us] Things that are not buildings but are used as one

2015-06-01 Thread Bryan Housel
Yes, this is commonly done in OSM. Generally speaking, anything with a footprint and some kind of roof can get a `building=*` tag. In most cases people tag it as `building=yes` but you could really just make up anything for the tag value. `building=riverboat` or `building=train_car` would

Re: [Talk-us] Things that are not buildings but are used as one

2015-06-01 Thread Hans De Kryger
On Jun 1, 2015 7:53 AM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: On Mon Jun 1 15:40:22 2015 GMT+0100, Jack Burke wrote: Is it correct to tag a non-building object with building=yes if it is functionally used as one? As examples, I'm thinking about restaurants that use an old train car as a dining

Re: [Talk-us] State of the Map US: ticket sales close June 1

2015-06-01 Thread Alex Barth
We just extended registration until June 3 noon Eastern - the very last moment to ensure you'll be on the security list for the UN. http://stateofthemap.us/ See you in NYC! On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Alex Barth a...@openstreetmap.us wrote: If you haven't gotten your ticket yet for State

[Talk-us] Truck stop gas stations as caravan_site

2015-06-01 Thread Jack Burke
Hi folks, I was wondering if it is appropriate to tag truck stops with tourism=caravan_site. I've noticed a lot of them tagged this way, presumably because many of the truck stop chains allow overnight parking of RVs, some have dump stations, etc. The wiki on caravan_site seems to imply a

Re: [Talk-us] Things that are not buildings but are used as one

2015-06-01 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 01.06.2015 um 16:40 schrieb Jack Burke burke...@gmail.com: Is it correct to tag a non-building object with building=yes if it is functionally used as one? although it may not be semantically correct, the building tag is indeed used like this. Please note that also many structures

Re: [Talk-us] Truck stop gas stations as caravan_site

2015-06-01 Thread Mike N
On 6/1/2015 10:34 AM, Jack Burke wrote: I was wondering if it is appropriate to tag truck stops with tourism=caravan_site. I've noticed a lot of them tagged this way, presumably because many of the truck stop chains allow overnight parking of RVs, some have dump stations, etc. It may have