I thought the defining architectural difference was whether access to the room was via interior hallway (hotel) or exterior walkway (motel).
On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 19:51 Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> wrote: > On 3/8/19 18:47, Peter Dobratz wrote: > > How do you distinguish between the tourism=hotel and tourism=motel tags? > > > > The criteria that I was imagining is that a motel is a single story > > building where you have the ability to park you car directly outside of > > your room. A hotel would be other types of buildings such as multi-story > > where most guests cannot park directly outside their room. > > Some motels have two- or even three-story buildings. For me, the > defining difference would be that a hotel is closer to an airport or > business district and either has limited parking or charges for parking, > whereas motels as I know them never charge for parking, and are often > farther away from the business districts and airports. > > -- > Shawn K. Quinn <skqu...@rushpost.com> > http://www.rantroulette.com > http://www.skqrecordquest.com > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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