[OSM-newbies] Tagging of nursing services, physiotherapists/massage

Tom Taylor tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 16:05:21 GMT 2012


I just discovered something promising -- the healthcare= tags. They 
definitely cover physiotherapy and optometry (another item I 
encountered). The question is: are they used in practice?

On 27/11/2012 10:30 AM, Tom Taylor wrote:
> In Ottawa we have organizations dedicated to the provision of community
> nursing services, on-premises and in the home. They take their direction
> from doctors, but the doctors are not present and not part of the
> organization. I would be naturally inclined to tag their premises as
> amenity=clinic, but that doesn't seem to fit with the official definition.
>
> Similarly I don't know how to label the premises of one or more
> physiotherapists, even if they call themselves a clinic.
>
> Tom Taylor



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