[Tagging] emergency=lifeguard

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

So, after a few days thought, can we say that we've resolved to work on
asking for emergency=lifeguard to be rendered, which would then go down to
lifeguard=base etc?


Thanks

Graeme

On 12 June 2018 at 07:43, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 11 June 2018 at 17:25, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On 11/06/18 15:39, osm.tagging at thorsten.engler.id.au wrote:
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>> *From:* Andrew Harvey <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
>> <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 11 June 2018 15:31
>> *To:* Tag discussion, strategy and related tools
>> <tagging at openstreetmap.org> <tagging at openstreetmap.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Tagging] emergency=lifeguard
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>> > Also, water_rescue_station is probably identical to lifeguard_base
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>> Agree based on the description given at https://wiki.openstreetmap.
>> org/wiki/Tag:emergency%3Dwater_rescue_station it sounds like
>> lifeguard_base.
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>> Just based on the tag name I thought it meant something like
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard. The wikipedia page seems to
>> indicate coast_guard is a common term internationally (even though many of
>> the agencies worldwide aren't known as the "Coast Guard", it seems like
>> it's common enough for emergency=coast_guard.
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>> That was my first thought too, but then I looked at the description on
>> the wiki and it very much sounds like a life guard base and not a coast
>> guard station.
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>> I wonder if any of the current water_rescue_station's are really coast
>> guards?
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>> That’s certainly possible. If the decision is made to merge these keys,
>> they will probably all need to be manually checked.
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>> Err not in the uk ... coast guard is not military.
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>> See
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her_Majesty%27s_Coastguard
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_National_Lifeboat_Institution
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>> In Australia that are volunteers that do marine rescue e.g.
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>> http://marinerescueqld.org.au/
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>> None of these fit in to the beach lifeguard situation.
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>> I have no idea what the though was behind the OSM water rescue station .
>> I think that is just confusing.
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> Agree with you that "Coast Guard" is not a one-size-fits-all term.
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> There is amenity=rescue_station https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/
> Tag:amenity%3Drescue_station, which, to my mind should actually also be
> an emergency= listing?
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> Looking at that, it appears that the whole emergency= area has been going
> to be cleaned up https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_
> Emergency_Cleanup - for the last 4 years!
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> Thanks
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> Graeme
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