Proposal:Vending machine
| The Feature Page for the approved proposal Vending machine is located at Tag:vending_machine |
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| Proposal status: | Approved (active) |
| Proposed by: | Aikon |
| Tagging: | amenity=vending_machine |
| Applies to: | node |
| Definition: | Machine to vend goods, tickets and so on |
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| Rendered as: | 
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| Draft started: | |
| Proposed on: | 2008-08-08 |
| RFC start: | 2008-08-11 |
| Vote start: | 2008-09-11 |
| Vote end: | 2008-09-25 |
Summary
Reasoning
Vending machines do appear more and more in very different kinds. As they are increasingly a part of everybody’s life, there is also a need to bring them on maps or in to routing devices. In most cases there should also be given a hint to the type of goods the machine offers.
Some people already started to map vending machines, to coordinate some of there work this proposal is needed.
How to Map
just place a node at right place. Tag it as amenity=vending_machine for the type of goods there should be a vending=foo given. For example:
- public_transport_tickets
- public_transport_plans
- parking_tickets
- foot
- drinks
- sweets
- cigarettes
- photos
- animal_food
- news_papers
- toys
- stamps
- SIM-cards
- telephone_vouchers
- vouchers
- condoms
- tampons
- excrement_bags
- ...
more information can be given by adding a ref=bar if the machine has a given number.
Quit useful could also be to give a operator, especially if we map transport ticket selling machines.
In some cases also the possible payment methods payment:foo=yes/no could be of good help, like:
- coins
- notes
- electronic_purses (like Geldkarte in Germany)
- debit_cards (like maestro)
- credit_cards
- account_cards (Account or loyalty cards)
- ....
Example & Description
a machine for bus and tram tickets:
vending=public_transport_tickets
a machine selling tickets for parking:
a stamp selling machine:
simple condoms selling point:
simple selling point for dog-excrement-bags (like Spender für Hundekot-Tüten in German):
Possible icon: 
simple cigaretts selling machine:
In Otherwise Covered Locations
Added because of an idea in the the discussion.
In the case that a vending machine is inside of an otherwise covered location, like a subway station or a pub, we could add a tag to that location like:
In that case it would not make sense to give more information as this could lead to problems of assignment of that data as the user might mix them up with the location itself.
Alternate Name Sugestions?
Do not know about any.
Instead of vending=foo there is the seldom type=foo or vending_product=foo used.
Comments
Please use the discussion page for comments.
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Voting
I approve this proposal. Aikon 07:40, 11 September 2008 (UTC)- I approve this proposal. Jldominguez 07:50, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. --EdoM (lets talk about it) 08:03, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
I oppose this proposal. As i think that "type" is to generic and should be something like "vending:product" --xylome 08:07, 11 September 2008 (UTC)- I approve this proposal. Tandrin 08:10, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I agree with xylome - "type" is to generic. --Uboot 08:43, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I agree with xylome - "type" is to generic. Do we need another discussion for that? Sven Anders 09:05, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I prefer "vending:product" or "vending_product" instead of type. --Avatar 09:48, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I agree with xylome - "type" is to generic. -- wiselynx 10:01, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. I think further limitations are needed on this for it to useable. Tagging road side machines for tickets in large car parks, for example, is a great idea, but tagging vending machines inside pubs is overkill. --Salkunh 10:12, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I prefer "vending_machine:product", because this shows more clearly which tag the parameter belongs to. --Birgit Nietsch 10:15, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. I think this will cause too much tag soup, type is too generic and needs rethinking along with the concept of which machines should be tagged -- Nik_Doof 10:16, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I also prefer "vending_machine:product"--Simone 10:18, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. Lefty1963 10:25, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. -MikeCollinson 10:25, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. If we are going to use vending_machine=foo in buildings, surely we should just use it everywhere and keep it simple? This also deals with the issue of type=foo being too generic. I also find the idea of a ticket machine in a station tagged as a vending machine strange, but I suppose it is very logical really. Daveemtb 11:37, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. Not a useful landmark, not a useful point of reference for navigation, rarely appear on their own. Chriscf 12:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I will use vending_product=foo keys together with amenity=vending_machine Rramthun 12:55, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. --MarcusWolschon 13:11, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. can be helpful, why not? --florianheer 13:19, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal.--Walley 13:45, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal.--Metehyi 13:54, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. "type=" should not be used. Tagging sweet- and condom-machines makes no sense, the proposal should say what should be tagged and what not! Change proposal and vote again! --Phobie 14:08, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. Ale_Zena_IT 14:53, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. This proposal needs rethinking. Especially it seems weird that a tagging scheme that could be used for every case is only used for machines in buildings, see vote of Daveemtb. --Tordanik 09:27, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. I don't like having both amenity=vending_machinge and vending_machine=foo. I would support vending_machine=foo, extra information can be given using vending_machine:payment_method=coins. --Jttt 13:53, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. Dieterdreist 16:50, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. Could be very useful for navigation (ticket machines). I'm against generic usage of type (trees, vending_machines etc). Lazzko 13:28, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. --Jan Tappenbeck 04:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- I approve this proposal. I agree with xylome - "type" is to generic. --Stemby 12:34, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
- I oppose this proposal. Like xylome I propose the vending_machine:type thing. Even though I don't like this why of tagging not this much but it is allready in use like with recycling (which can actually be compared to this tag if you talk about the way of usage and tagging). So to make it more consistend to other features I also propose to use it like this "amenity=vending_machine", "vending_machine:type=yes"
