[Tagging] building=kiosk for guard posts?

[Philip Barnes]

Kiosk doesn't sound right to my native speaker ears, we normally call them gatehouses. Guard house if it is military.

Phil (trigpoint) 

On Saturday, 16 July 2022, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging wrote:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STANTA_guard_post_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3176566.jpg
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guard_booth_20190426_135110.jpg
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Guard_booth_CUHK.JPG
> https://www.gaport.com/guard_houses.htm
> 
> how such boxes should be tagged?
> 
> Is it OK to use building=kiosk? After all, architectural form is basically the same
> and retail function of kiosk can and should be tagged by marking 
> shop=kiosk or shop=ticket or shop=gift as a sepaarte object
> (or with building:use=* on the building)
> 
> note - this is not about gatehouses that form gate over road
> 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dkiosk definition
> restricts it solely to retail and I think that it makes sense to change it
> 
> After all, there may be some tourism information kiosk, or one with
> police stationed inside or with guard or toll collector.
>

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