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<div>May 12, 2022, 00:08 by <a href="mailto:minh@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us">minh@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us</a>:<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> In the U.S., these offices tend to be run by a member of a legislature or local council acting in their official capacity.<br></div><div dir="auto">><br></div><div dir="auto">So technically, it is not an office of politician but official representation of government<br></div><div dir="auto">representative?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">> I think office=government government=official would avoid this confusion and potentially apply to a broader range of facilities. Would there be interest in migrating to this tag instead, for the physical offices that are apolitical in nature?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This tag sounds like "official government office", not like<br></div><div dir="auto">"government office of specific official"<br></div><div dir="auto">to me, and I would not guess its intended meaning on encountering it.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also "offices that are apolitical in nature" seems confusing, as this offices are unlikely<br></div><div dir="auto">to be actually apolitical (even if there are limits on direct campaigning).<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Not sure should "constituent service office" have a separate tagging or is it best to<br></div><div dir="auto">consider it as technical/funding/descriptive detail and treat it like any other politician<br></div><div dir="auto">office.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Maybe<br></div><div dir="auto">office=government government=constituent_service<br></div><div dir="auto">or<br></div><div dir="auto">office=government government=official_representative<br></div><div dir="auto">would be better?<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">But in Poland at least office=government + subtag would be incorrect - these are<br></div><div dir="auto">not government offices at all (though elected official are receiving funding for them),<br></div><div dir="auto">and office=politician is a better fit.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">(resending - I got email that it was rejected and seems not listed at <br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2022-May/thread.html">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2022-May/thread.html</a>)<br></div> </body>
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