Dont forget the amenity=bicycle_parking usage (mentioned in the wiki) where
the semantics are different from those you describe.12200+ examples in
England.

Probably the more usual way of mapping a platform canopy is with
building=roof or building=canopy with possibly wall=no.

Jerry



On 29 May 2018 at 15:48, Dan S <danstowell+...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > On 29/05/18 14:53, Tony Shield wrote:
> >>
> >> At the end of this week (2nd June) I intend to change the platforms I
> know
> >> to remove covered=yes, if you disagree please challenge.
> >
>
> Please correct me if I'm wrong, but the issue seems to be that the
> carto change works on the assumption that covered=yes implies the
> feature isn't visible (e.g. because partly underground), whereas
> others may be are working on the assumption that covered=yes means you
> won't get rained on (e.g. there is some kind of roof)?
>
> The wiki seems pretty clear actually - it only really talks about the
> first of the two meanings.
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:covered
> I'm not aware of any "UK-local" consensus to be different about that.
>
> I personally haven't use the "covered" tag (no reason), but I do add
> building=roof objects to some train stations.
>
> Dan
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