Dear all, There are currently various tags for gambling-related shops and amenities in use, including amenity=casino, shop=bookmaker, shop=betting, shop=lottery, and shop=gambling. See here for an overview of usage statistics: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Proposed_features/gambling .
As shops and amenities for gambling are already widely used, we should aim to stay as close to the current way of tagging as possible when writing a proposal. However, the usage statistics to which I linked show some issues with the current way of tagging, which would be good to resolve. These issues include the following. - The current tagging contains some ambiguous tags. For example, amenity=gambling is used for both bookmakers and casinos. - Some real-world objects are tagged in (many) different ways. For example, bookmakers are tagged as shop=bookmaker, shop=betting, and (less frequently) amenity=gambling. Lotteries are tagged in many different ways as well. Data consumers (and end-users as a consequence) would benefit if these issues were resolved. Fixing current tagging will probably be difficult, but more guidance in the form of well-documented tags might help prevent these issues at least for future tagging. In order to create clearer documentation for future mappers and resolve ambiguities, I am interested in the opinion of the community on the following questions. 1. Should we map all gambling-related places in a single way, for example as amenity=gambling and then specify with gambling=*-tags, or should we keep different tags for different kind of gambling places? 2. If we want to use different tags for different kind of gambling places, which types of gambling places should we distinguish? For example: - Should we distinguish bookmakers and lotteries? Note that some places combine sports betting with traditional lotteries. - Should we distinguish casinos (with croupiers) and 'playing halls' (or whatever they are called) without croupiers? With kind regards, Matthijs Melissen
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