On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 11:14 AM Allan Mustard <[email protected]> wrote:
> * shift to office=diplomatic and use the existing diplomatic=* additional > (secondary) tag to specify whether embassy, consulate, or other, then use > embassy, consulate and other as additional (tertiary) tags to specify > further the type of diplomatic or non-diplomatic mission as needed. > This is my preferred option for the following reasons: 1. It reuses the existing office=* primary key, which is already in use (for example, by the main OSM tile layer), as opposed to introducing diplomatic=* as a primary key. Furthermore, I am in favor of not having too many top-level primary keys unless they make a lot of sense (like healthcare=* which is a really broad category, so it makes sense to break this off as a primary key). 2. It does not clutter the overused amenity=* key and allows renderers and users to treat diplomatic and quasi-diplomatic objects in the same way and in a simpler way as opposed to tagging amenity=[embassy, consulate, <some yet unspecified value>]. 3. The three values for the secondary tag diplomatic=[embassy, consulate, other] plus adding further details to [embassy, consulate, other]=* makes it easy for mappers to add the level of detail they are comfortable with. If a mapper is unsure what the object is, they can just tag it as office=diplomatic. Then other slightly more knowledgeable mappers can specify diplomatic=*, which seems enough for most casual map users. Then other really knowledgeable mappers can further add [embassy, consulate, other]=* for even more detail and more specialized mapping applications. My second preferred option is amenity=diplomatic + subtags if people are really not too keen on office=diplomatic.
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