[Tagging] RFC Reception_desk Mk2

[pmailkeey .]

On 21 May 2015 at 10:41, Kotya Karapetyan <kotya.lists at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:34 AM, pmailkeey . <pmailkeey at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
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>> If they need a map to find the place, the need any reception for newbies.
>> Tag the appropriate entrances with ent/ext tags - all those entrances
>> suitable for newbies.
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> I believe we should simply map the reality. So a reception should be
> called a reception, and an entrance (independent from its
> appropriateness)—an entrance.
> If a company decides to move the reception from one entrance to another,
> does it mean we should erase the previous entrance?
>

I'm quite happy for all the information to be on the map when all the
information is on the map. If the full detail is not there then we need to
ensure the more important data is on first - so we don't end up with a
staff entrance marked on before the public entrance.



> My university has the reception at the "back" entrance, the main entrance
> being used for official delegations only (that don't need reception) and
> for students and staff who have badges. And they are 10 minutes walk from
> each other, so it's important to know.
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>> Hospitals tend to have multiple entrances - so tag them appropriately
>> such as A+E(ED) , main, outpatient or even named department. Schools have
>> many entrances too but the general public don't need to know about them all.
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> OSM is a database database of things on the planet, not an information
> centre for "general public". There are restricted roads, and they are still
> mapped. So should by the entrances that are not for public access.
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I wonder if OSM has generated any legal clauses yet ? So the heating
engineer has to sign an agreement not to put the layout of the boilerhouse
on OSM before they're allowed to carry out the work !


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