[OSM-talk] amenity=embassy

[William Waites]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 06:17:41PM +0200, Gustav Foseid wrote:
>    On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Christian Karrié
>    <[1]christian at karrie.info> wrote:
> 
>      Hi,
>      i would prefer from
>      [2]http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Proposed_features/Buildin
>      g_attributes
>      building:use = embassy
> 
>    That would make it hard to map embassies that do not use an entire
>    building and would also require information to map the building
>    (walking around embassy buildings with a GPS is not always possible).

Distinction made between embassies, consulates and dual-use facilities?
As an example, the American embassy and the consular section in Berlin
are on opposite sides of town. 

amenity=consulate makes some sense but amenity=embassy is semantically
jarring to me. An embassy normally offers no services to the public
so it seems strange to call it an amenity...

-w