Have we an alternative? Phil
-- Sent from my Nokia N9 On 26/11/2012 12:19 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: 2012/11/26 John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>: > Philip Barnes <j...@jfeldredge.com> wrote: >> I would avoid public, when tagging schools as it had very different >> meanings on each side of the Atlantic. >> I would suggest state and private. > Of course, the term "state" will also likely be misunderstood by some > American mappers, as we use "state" both as a term for governments in > general (as you are using it here), and also as a term for the entity one > level down from nation (the state of Tennessee, for example). The latter > usage is more common. +1, I agree that the term "state" will be likely source of confusion also in other countries, because it is used to distinguish between various levels of public administration, e.g. the municipal or the regional level. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list j...@jfeldredge.com http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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