[Tagging] Tagging of a politician's office

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 07:11 2022-05-11, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging đã viết:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:office%3Dpolitician 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:office%3Dpolitician> is now 
> existing,
> thanks to Casey boy
> ( 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:office%3Dpolitician&action=history <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:office%3Dpolitician&action=history> )
> for creating this page.
> 
> It documents already used tag, but right now it is in relatively low use.
> 
> It seems to be much better fit in this case than office=political_party, 
> even
> if sometimes used this way.

Glad to see some interest in tagging these offices.

In the U.S., these offices tend to be run by a member of a legislature 
or local council acting in their official capacity. Originally, they 
were tagged office=government government=legislative, which is 
unfortunately easiliy confused with a legislature's meeting place. A 
quick fix was to respell it as office=government government=legislator. [1]

It makes sense that other political systems might have such offices for 
officials other than legislators, so a more generic tag may be 
necessary. However, government=politician could be easily confused with 
an individual candidate's political campaign office, which is distinct 
from both a constituent service office and a political party office.

In the U.S., a constituent service office lasts as long as the term in 
office, and some states even put up signs on the freeway directing you 
to the office. By contrast, a campaign office exists only during the 
campaign season, provides different services, and must not benefit from 
any government funding or infrastructure. [2]

I think office=government government=official would avoid this confusion 
and potentially apply to a broader range of facilities. Would there be 
interest in migrating to this tag instead, for the physical offices that 
are apolitical in nature?

[1] 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:government%3Dlegislative#Legislative_offices
[2] 
https://ethics.house.gov/campaign/general-prohibition-against-using-official-resources-campaign-or-political-purposes#campaign_limited_activities_in_office

-- 
minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us