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

[Mateusz Konieczny]

16 gru 2022, 02:51 od graemefitz1 at gmail.com:

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> On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 at 10:59, Andy Townsend <> ajt1047 at gmail.com> > wrote:
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>> doesn't explain why "amenity=lifeboat" is "deprecated".  Like it      or not, this is used exactly how you'd expect:
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>> https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#20/54.48811/-0.61310
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> But as I've pointed out a couple of times before, by policy, OSM doesn't map mobile items
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> e.g > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building=houseboat
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> "Houseboats that are moving are not mappable in OSM"
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> 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.
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In this case amenity=lifeboat is - I expect - used to map lifeboat stationing place, not
lifeboat itself (it may or may be confusing enough that new tag us useful).
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