[OSM-talk] hospital with emergency=yes/no

Frederik Ramm frederik at remote.org
Tue Oct 28 23:58:35 GMT 2008


Hi,

> What about a possible "emergency" access tag? It could cause a name
> conflict. At the least, the tag could be vague if it appears separate from a
> hospital node. What about "emergency_service" or "emergency_department" or
> "emergency_room"?

This may well have been a reason why the proposal was stalled; someone 
had suggested to change it into "class=emergency" (which, as others 
remarked, would then rob you of the opportunity to explicitly tag the 
absence of such facilities).

I think the name conflict is negligible. It is true that the "emergency" 
tag is also actively (not only a possibility!) used to tag access 
restrictions but one is strictly in conjunction with highways and the 
other with hospitals.

I wanted to put the feature on Map Features based on established use. I 
cannot simply invent something that is not yet used and put it on Map 
Features - either document "emergency" now, or wait until people 
establish something else and then document that. I'm in favour of the 
first option. It could still be fixed later should the need arise.

Bye
Frederik

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