[OSM-talk] Tagging health facilities offering COVID testing

[Mateusz Konieczny]

I would not map them myself or encourage others,
but I would say that it is mappable.

Oct 8, 2020, 18:26 by talk at openstreetmap.org:

> Where I am, there is wide variety in what days/hours such sites are available, whether they are free or have a cost, whether you need an appointment, and how temporary they are. Some are only around for a few weeks, and I would expect them to last maximum 1 yr. Further, the use is very limited since international travel is way down (and you should not be traveling if you suspect you may have covid!) Thus I do not think they are good candidates for mapping into OSM. A separate layer overlaid on OSM on a dedicated website seems better. 
>
> On Wed, Oct 7, 2020 at 7:52 AM Antonin Delpeuch (lists) <> lists at antonin.delpeuch.eu> > wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>  
>>  I am wondering if and how it would be appropriate to map COVID testing
>>  facilities. I have seen various national maps but given that they are
>>  especially useful during international travel, I think it would be very
>>  useful to have them in OSM.
>>  
>>  I have seen the use of "healthcare:speciality=covid-19", for instance on
>>  this node:
>>  
>>  >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/7368671692
>>  
>>  But according to TagInfo there are only two uses of that tag value.
>>  Surely other people must have been tagging this by now, but how?
>>  
>>  Note that I am primarily interested in mapping the places where samples
>>  are collected, not the laboratories where the samples are actually
>>  analyzed. I think the former is more interesting for the general public.
>>  
>>  Thanks,
>>  
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