[Tagging] Tag government equals emergency defintion

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Mon May 15 07:13:58 UTC 2023


HI

The tag government=emergency presently is undefined on the wiki which 
could lead to misuse.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Agovernment%3Demergency


As I understand it this should only be used with office=government.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:government

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:office%3Dgovernment


I think these are offices where administrative, planning and control of 
emergency services, such as fire stations, ambulances etc, is done.

I don't think these should be used for non office functions as the 
principle tag of office=government would preclude any non office functions.

Are there any other things these should/could be used for?


I am thinking of using the tag so would like to have a clear definition 
that is acceptable for the cases I have.


Possibly something like

"Used to mark the office of an emergency organization, where 
administration, planning and control is performed.


How to map

Mark the boundary of the register office using an Area area or place a 
Node node in the middle of the site.

Tag it with office=government + government=emergency. "


One of 'my' cases are "Fire Control Centres" where directions are given 
to bush fire fighters in the field.

Thoughts???





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