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

[Tom Taylor]

On 27/11/2012 11:55 AM, James Ewen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Matt Williams <lists at milliams.com> wrote:
>
>> On 27 November 2012 16:05, Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 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?
>>
>> http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/healthcare#values should help.
>
> Now, of course if everyone looked to see if a tag is in use, and
> waited for someone else to use it, then tags would never get used.
>
> I understand your concern though. Do you use tags that aren't going to
> be rendered anywhere? The corollary to this is why would the renderers
> support tags that are not in use?
>
> It's a chicken vs. the egg issue... If you tag it, the renderers may
> follow. No tags, no rendering.
>
> Of course, using common tags is important... so looking at tag info
> lets you match the tags in use. However if a tag for the amenity you
> wish to tag is not defined, that doesn't mean you can't add it. This
> is a living and growing project.
>

My concern in this case was one of process. The healthcare proposal is 
listed as "Post-Vote" or something like that. A year (since the close of 
voting) seemed like a long time to do cleanup, so I wondered if the 
proposal had actually dead-ended.