[Tagging] Possible merge of marine_rescue & lifeboat_station tags?

[Jmapb]

On 11/6/2022 6:18 PM, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:

>
> I definitely agree that it should be emergency=, rather than amenity=. 
> I must also admit to a slight personal preference for =marine_rescue 
> :-), but the vast majority of usage is in the UK & Western Europe, 
> where =lifeboat seems to be the most popular, so I'm happy to go along 
> with that.
>
> I'll see if there's any other comments before starting a full RFC

"Lifeboat" is an ambiguous term  -- it even has a disambiguation page on 
Wikipedia  which lists 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_(shipboard) ahead of 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_(rescue) .

Favoring emergency=marine_rescue seems sensible to me.

J
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