[Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Steven Horner
Hello, I am mapping the Probation offices in Durham Teesside, I work in IT for them but I am unsure how to actually tag them correctly. Obviously they are not courts or prisons. Many probation offices are next to or part of courts. For an idea of numbers there are around 20 in my area and

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Chris Hill
Many people believe the amenity key is already over used. office=probation or office=probation_service might used. An operator=* tag would be useful as well as a name if there is one. Discussion and documentation is good, but you can tag the offices with something that seems good to you (you

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Steven Horner
Thanks I will go with office=probation unless others disagree. The operator=* tag will come in useful in the near future when the government privatises much of it. Although possibly I should tag as name=Bishop Auckland Probation, operator=Durham Tees Valley Probation Trust. I had intended to tag

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Jonathan Bennett
On 07/08/2013 13:47, Steven Horner wrote: Thanks I will go with office=probation unless others disagree. No disagreement, but *please* document what you've used the tag for on the wiki. Don't bother with the approval process, but do give a brief description of what a probation office does and

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Tom Chance
You could also have a look at, and perhaps update, other probation offices. There are a few scattered about: http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/search?q=probation#values If you search for the names on the main OSM page you can find them to inspect the tagging. Tom On 7 August 2013 14:11,

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Steven Horner
I will add an entry on the Wiki as mentioned and update the existing tags where appropriate. Thanks Steven On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Tom Chance t...@acrewoods.net wrote: You could also have a look at, and perhaps update, other probation offices. There are a few scattered about:

Re: [Talk-GB] Probation offices

2013-08-07 Thread Gregory
I like the use of the 'office' tag. It feels like a good extension of tagging a building with something like building=office (I don't know how much that is used, I map building=residential a lot more). I don't think that the (now blocked) passage between HMP Durham and the holding cells under