[Talk-GB] Designation: should we begin using prefixes

[Jason Cunningham]

I believe these tags should contain something along the lines of 'uk',
'sco' etc. Not because I'd wish the prefix to show the region, but because
the designations are unique and need I believe the tags need to be unique.
So for an Area of Outstanding Beauty resulting from UK created legislation
I'd use designation=UK_AONB The aim is to create an unique name.
Despite that fact AONB don't occur in Scotland the name still is unique.

But... I don't see anything wrong with a tag holding location info in
situations like these, especially if it may make it easier for people to
interact with the data. I agree you strictly don't need it but for many it
will reduce the amount of actions needed to engage with the data.
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