On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Steve Bennett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com" target="_blank">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hmm, amenity=ranger_station is kind of gross - it's so specific to a particular culture. Something like amenity=visitor_centre could have been a lot more generically useful. (With potentially a visitor_centre=ranger_station for applications that want to be certain they're dealing specifically with Ranger Stations.)</div>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think the word "official" needs to sneak in there somewhere. There are lots of places calling themselves visitor centers, tourist information, etc. </div><div><br></div><div>
A "ranger station" is always an <i>official</i> outpost of the natural area in question. Note that the ranger station/warden office or whatever you call is a key amenity of a natural area: in many cases one cannot visit or undertake certain activities prior to making a visit. This part is true worldwide.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Ranger stations to date have been tagged amenity=police, and building= government, neither of which really fit. amenity=official_park_visitor_centre captures the goal pretty well, but is wordy.</div>
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