[Tagging] RFC - Proposed features/emergency=lifeboat station

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 at 10:59, Andy Townsend <ajt1047 at gmail.com> wrote:

> doesn't explain why "amenity=lifeboat" is "deprecated".  Like it or not,
> this is used exactly how you'd expect:
>
> https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#20/54.48811/-0.61310
>
But as I've pointed out a couple of times before, by policy, OSM doesn't
map mobile items

e.g https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building=houseboat

" Houseboats that are moving are not mappable in OSM"

Yes, that (totally undocumented & undiscussed) tag could be either written
up to specify it's the location where a lifeboat is moored, or it could be
changed to amenity=lifeboat_mooring, but, is it verifiable? Can anybody
walk up to that spot 24/7/365 & say Ah yes, that's the *George** & Mary
Webb*? Sorry, but no they can't, as it may be elsewhere at that moment.

Thanks

Graeme
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