As a new mapper, I would not have though to type “diplomatic” when searching for a tag for an embassy or consulate. It’s nice if mappers can just type “embassy” or “consulate” into the ID editor and have it pop up.
So I like amenity=consulate On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 7:42 AM Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/10/18 09:09, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > > sent from a phone > > > >> On 21. Oct 2018, at 19:20, Johnparis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Question : there is existing tagging for such places, specifically > >> > >> amenity=embassy + diplomatic=consulate > >> > >> Frankly, I have never been happy with this tagging because a consulate > isn't really a subset of an embassy. It's a different sort of animal, but > related. Same genus, different species if you will. > > > > I agree. I am fine with the proposed tagging by Alan. > > The proposed addition of amenity=consulate then conflicts with the present > definition of amenity=embassy - both would be available to tag a > consulate!!! > > > > > Shifting both, embassies and consulates under a diplomatic main key > would require retagging of both, embassies and consulates, but the > embassies are already tagged ok. > > At present all embassies and consulates can be and at least some are > tagged as amenity=embassy! > There is no distinction with the present OSM wiki definition of > amenity=embassy. > > > > > Also from a practical point of view, it is faster to type one tag than > two. > > Certainly. Faster again to type nothing. Mappers who want to add detail > will do so. > > > If a map renderer doesn’t want to distinguish between the two, it can > use the bare amenity=diplomatic as long as people are using it together > with diplomatic=passport_check or something like this (think > tourism=information), and will have to look for diplomatic=embassy as well, > so they could in the first place change their rule to “amenity is embassy > or consulate”, and be future proof :) > > That would require typing of more than one tag. > Do you want fast? > Then you will need one tag that says all you want ... one tag for a > consulate that does vias, another tag for a consulate that does not do > visas .. etc etc.. > > Reality: more than one tag would be required to have a system that is not > litered with one tags that do so much detail. > > ------------------- > I would opt for; > depreciating amenity=embassy .. as they are used for embassies, consulates > etc .. so you don't know what they are (unless it has a detailed sub tag) > introducing amenity=diplomatic and use the sub tag diplomatic=* to detail > what it is - embassy/consulate/* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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