I believe there is already a list of embassy types on the wiki : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dembassy#Types_of_embassies
You might want to verify/expand as needed. On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 3:58 PM Allan Mustard <al...@mustard.net> wrote: > Please continue to comment on this proposal: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Consulate > > I have posted comments received via the tagging mailing list to the > discussion page of this proposal: > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Consulate > > Please feel free to add comments either directly to the discussion page or > via the tagging mailing list. > > Regarding Warin's comment, > > > They did conform to the 'rule' of embassy/high commission only in the > capital. > > There is a small number of highly visible exceptions to the rule of > embassies and of missions equivalent to embassies being located in the > capital. The various missions of member states to the United Nations in > New York and Geneva as well as the missions to the WTO in Geneva come to > mind (these are all missions to a multilateral organization). Fortunately > most other such international organizations are located in national > capitals (OECD in Paris, NATO and the European Union in Brussels, OSCE and > some UN agencies in Vienna, other UN agencies in Rome). The easy way to > determine if a mission is equivalent to an embassy is to find out who is in > charge of it, which can be learned by Googling the mission's website. > Generally speaking, if the head of the mission is an ambassador or charge > d'affaires, the mission should be tagged amenity=embassy. If the > "principal officer" bears a title with the word "consul" in it, the amenity > in question is a consulate. The obsolete head of mission titles "minister > plenipotentiary" and "envoy extraordinary" have fallen into disuse and I > don't think it likely we will encounter them. > > I am tempted to add some text to the Key:amenity=embassy article outlining > exactly what an embassy is and how to recognize one, since an embassy can > be called different things (embassy, nunciature, mission, legation, high > commission, etc.) depending on who is sending it and to whom it is > accredited. > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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