[OSM-talk] [Tagging] emergency=*

Kevin Peat kevin at kevinpeat.com
Sat Jul 31 10:02:49 BST 2010


Both the police and ambulance service spend a lot of their time on
non-emergency items as do hospitals, doctors, etc.  If you want to write an
app that lists the police under an "emergencies" menu/button then go ahead
but you don't need to change the OSM data to do it.

Kevin





On 30 July 2010 23:14, Ross Scanlon <info at 4x4falcon.com> wrote:

>
> From my point of view the tags make perfect sense, if I have an emergency
> and I need police, fire or ambulance assistance then I'll look for emergency
> rather than amenity.
>
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