[Tagging] emergency=*

[John Smith]

On 30 July 2010 06:44, Peteris Krisjanis <pecisk at gmail.com> wrote:
> I second this. Emergency namespace must have definitely essential
> things, but not all things. emergency=ambulance_station is definitely
> right, but not emergency=hospital. It rises interesting question
> though - I would suggest to tag emergency=ambulance_station (as node)
> separately from hospital, as sometimes hospitals are very huge and it
> is very important sometimes to *know* where actual ambulance is.

Most ambulance stations here usually aren't joined to a hospital,
patient transport is another matter but they usually aren't used for
emergencies. Some stations aren't even close to a hospital, like this
one near me, it's about 6km from the nearest hospital:

station: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/61848194
hospital: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/way/41130362