Feature request: Add more tags for places and POIs

[jameswestman]

Use case: I'm working on adding vector tile support to GNOME Maps. We currently use raster tiles and query a place's OpenStreetMap tags using Overpass, but now that we have vector tiles we would like to use data from there. Currently the tags in the place and poi layers are all geared toward rendering the place, and less toward doing something with it when the user clicks it.

In my fork of planetiler-openmaptiles, I'm currently adding addr:*, brand:wikidata, brand:wikipedia, contact:* ele, email, internet_access, note, opening_hours, phone, population, religion, takeaway, toilets, website, wheelchair, wikidata, and wikipedia. Of course most POIs only have a few of these at once, if any.

We display this information in the bubble that pops up when you click a place, and we use wikidata to look up an image and summary.

Would tags like these be in scope to include upstream?

[mlundblad]

I was also thinking the "network" tag.

One idea I had was adding support in our map style in GNOME Maps to display localized logo icons for train/subway/metro stations.

[1ec5]

For that use case, you’d probably want network:wikidata, because network values on public transportation route relations are essentially freeform text that isn’t globally or even nationally unique.

[mlundblad]

For that use case, you’d probably want network:wikidata, because network values on public transportation route relations are essentially freeform text that isn’t globally or even naturally unique.

Yeah, that probably makes sense