Worm hotels have popped up in Vienna. Now I'm wondering how to map them. What is a worm hotel? ------------- You might know the household-sized worm bins that use worms to compost certain kinds of organic waste. A worm hotel is the same thing, but sized up to be used by multiple people in a neighborhood. Worm hotels in Vienna ------------- Worm hotels in Vienna are being put up and serviced by [Wurmhotel][1] once enough people in a certain area have voiced their interest. They are open only to members who have gotten instructions on what to feed the worms. What the worms should be fed according to the Wurmhotel website: raw fruits and vegetables, leaves, ground eggshells, 20% newspaper paper or carton. No citrus. Worm hotels on OSM ------------- Some worm hotels have been mapped in Amsterdam as: tourism = artwork artwork_type = installation man_made = worm_hotel [`man_made = worm_hotel`][2] on Taginfo My thoughts ------------- Worm hotels in Vienna are not intended as artworks, and for that reason I reject the tags used in Amsterdam. They are intended as recycling facilities open to a limited crowd. Thus I'm pretty sure about the following tags: amenity=recycling recycling_type=container access=private I'd consider adding `man_made = worm_hotel` too, since it has already been used. used. Although I am wondering if there is a more appropriate key than `man_made`. But what kind of recycling is this? The worms' diet doesn't completely follow the usual concepts of organic waste. It's certainly not `recycling:food_waste` as described in the wiki, since the worms should not be fed cooked food or meat. I'd tend to go with something vague like [`recycling:organic`][3] (by far the most popular) or [`recycling:compost`][4] (very rare, feels slightly more descriptive to me). Any feedback appreciated! [1]: https://wurmhotel.com/ [2]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/man_made=worm_hotel#overview [3]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=recycling%3Aorganic#keys [4]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=recycling%3Acompost#keys

Worm hotels have popped up in Vienna. Now I'm wondering how to map them. What is a worm hotel? ------------- You might know the household-sized worm bins that use worms to compost certain kinds of organic waste. A worm hotel is the same thing, but sized up to be used by multiple people in a neighborhood. Worm hotels in Vienna ------------- Worm hotels in Vienna are being put up and serviced by [Wurmhotel][1] once enough people in a certain area have voiced their interest. They are open only to members who have gotten instructions on what to feed the worms. What the worms should be fed according to the Wurmhotel website: raw fruits and vegetables, leaves, ground eggshells, 20% newspaper paper or carton. No citrus. Worm hotels on OSM ------------- Some worm hotels have been mapped in Amsterdam as: tourism = artwork artwork_type = installation man_made = worm_hotel [`man_made = worm_hotel`][2] on Taginfo My thoughts ------------- Worm hotels in Vienna are not intended as artworks, and for that reason I reject the tags used in Amsterdam. They are intended as recycling facilities open to a limited crowd. Thus I'm pretty sure about the following tags: amenity=recycling recycling_type=container access=private I'd consider adding `man_made = worm_hotel` too, since it has already been used. But what kind of recycling is this? The worms' diet doesn't completely follow the usual concepts of organic waste. It's certainly not `recycling:food_waste` as described in the wiki, since the worms should not be fed cooked food or meat. I'd tend to go with something vague like [`recycling:organic`][3] (by far the most popular) or [`recycling:compost`][4] (very rare, feels slightly more descriptive to me). Any feedback appreciated! [1]: https://wurmhotel.com/ [2]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/man_made=worm_hotel#overview [3]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=recycling%3Aorganic#keys [4]: https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=recycling%3Acompost#keys