[Talk-GB] Tagging a Driving Test Centre

[Aimee Knight]

I wonder if it might be possible to ask the DVSA to release a list under
the terms of the OGL?

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2023 at 23:55, Dan Glover <dan at dgsys.co.uk> wrote:

> While looking at something else nearby, I see my local DVSA Test Centre
> is merely a building, with name "Herne Bay Test Centre". Not great. What
> is tested? However a quick search for inspiration hasn't found any clear
> guidance. I see one example where the tags office=government and
> government=transportation have been used
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/574734729 - this feels like it may be
> along the right lines. A quick check with overpass turbo shows there are
> a few sites with these tags, but they have been applied also (not
> unreasonably) to a couple of offices related to Transport for London.
>
> However in Cheltenham we have building=residential for the local centre
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/891362146 - elsewhere there are
> examples such as amenity=driving_school name=Driving Test Centre (this
> is the local DVSA centre) https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4705439493
>
> Reading around the subject I see there are "over 300" centres but
> whether it's possible to obtain a full dataset under acceptable terms is
> another question.
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> Dan
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