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.
That's probably better than banqueting hall. On the other hand, it
needs to be distinguished from the concept "exposition centre" which
is listed as something that a conference centre is not.
Conference centre was suggested off list, but I think that is
different: much more strongly B2B, large groups talking together,
rather than lots of small conversations, little connotation of food
and even less of music and dance.
This is where there needs perhaps to be a better concept of two level tags? The
building has a hall or halls. And that encompasses village halls through to the
likes of the NEC. What the halls are used for is almost secondary, and perhaps a
check list of functions? If a hall is licensed to carry out weddings then that
is an additional flag rather than trying to find a single name for these type of
building? But this is where the secondary data should perhaps also be a separate
database? With everybody trying to get in on the 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?
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