[Tagging] "State of repair" tag

[Brian Wolford]

>  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.
>>
>>
For discussion on "operational_status":
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags/operational_status

Found from here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Tags#Discussions



>  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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