Talk:Key:air conditioning

While you seem to imply that this tag means cooling the body text doesn't actually mention it. I would advise to keep and document it that way ("it is for cooling and demoisturising only") and use some similar to craft=hvac for heating general ventillation (either as air_conditioning=heating / air_conditioning=heating;cooling or hvac=*). --grin ✎ 16:29, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

Air conditioning is unnecessary at this location

Perhaps add:

Value	Comment
unnecessary	Air conditioning is unnecessary at this location. The location is perhaps in the arctic, or on a mountaintop, and thus does not need air conditioning.

Jidanni (talk) 03:25, 2 October 2020 (UTC)

No, this should not be added for climate. Mountain-top, cave, or other underground would be acceptable, but this is more subjectve. Indicating natural cooling or ambient temperature might be more acceptable. --- Kovposch (talk) 09:50, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Give hint how to map an actual air conditioner!

E.g., there is a elephant-sized "air conditioner condenser" in the middle of the backyard. How to map? Jidanni (talk) 18:17, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

man_made=chiller / man_made=cooling / man_made=cooling_tower --- Kovposch (talk) 09:48, 23 October 2022 (UTC)

Default assumptions.

I have removed the text that said "(This is the default value and does not need to be tagged)" for air_conditioning=no . The default state of an amenity highly depends on the amenity and region. A supermarket will probably be air conditioned in most of the world and an indoor restaurant in e.g. South Florida will almost certainly have AC too. A pub in England almost certainly won't. If this contradicts previous discussion somewhere please let me know where --InsertUser (talk) 16:53, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Definitely agree with that. air_conditioning=no is valuable in many places, and for many types of places.

I imagine in hot parts of the United States (top air con nation) the "default" might be regarded as "yes". Most shops etc all have air con. And then it becomes most valuable to be recording where things have no air con, but then if move further north maybe less clear?

Here in the UK any thoughts about "defaults" would have to be more type-by-type. 50/50 on shops in general (so a tag is valuable info either way) but shop=supermarket would almost always have air con (so again, the air_conditioning=no tag becomes extra valuable to put on a supermarket which does not have air con).

Then thinking about type-by-type. What about private residences (very numerous houses along every street)? Any data consumer interested in that, I would certainly expect to be choosing sensible defaults (in the UK it would be default "no", but maybe not in the U.S.), and it doesn't seem very useful to map it all. If this tag appears on a particular house I'd assume it's an OpenStreetMapper showing off about their newly installed air con! (Might be a risky game unless you don't mind people calling by to cool off in a heatwave!)

-- Harry Wood (talk) 14:58, 26 June 2026 (UTC)