[Tagging] "State of repair" tag

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/6/11 Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2 at obviously.com>

> I've just found the HOT tag 'operational_status<http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/operational_status>
> '
> This addresses a similar need, but it does not have a wiki page.
>
> How about:
>
> operational_status=broken          (usable for it intended purpose)
> operational_status=needs repair (usable, but impaired)
> operational_status=open            (in good state of repair)
> operational_status:note=xxxx  (human readable elaboration on the
> operational status)
>
>

-1, IMHO this is flawed, as it requires from everybody to check for this
tag: if you make a map and ignore this tag you will put something not
working on the map as if it was working. Imagine amenity=hospital,
operational_status=broken or highway=bridge, operational_status=broken

This approach has the same problem as the tags disused, abandoned, status,
ruins, construction, ... better use a prefix or suffix to avoid
misinterpretation. See the wiki for the mentioned tags to learn more.

cheers,
Martin
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