I think a department or a small office is a better primary tag for hiv treatment centers/ testing/ dispensary. Usually in our case in the Philippines, a small building has a clinic and in that clinic there is a small office space or room/s for hiv testing and for dispensing.
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 9:16 PM Paul Allen <pla16...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, 13 Apr 2020 at 11:29, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Right, that doesn't work. If the HIV clinic or department has >> different details, such as a different name, opening_hours, website, >> etc, then it will need to be mapped as a separate feature, such as an >> amenity=clinic node inside of the amenity=hospital area. >> > > Thanks for giving your view of the usage of amenity=clinic (and, by > implication, healthcare=clinic as the wiki states it's an alternative > to amenity=clinic). The wiki pages for healthcare=clinic and > amenity=clinic don't seem to explicitly state that these tags are > appropriate for units/departments/centres of hospitals. > > I agree with your view. The value "clinic" may not have been the best we > could have chosen but there doesn't seem to be any other value to use > for the X-ray department, diabetes centre, renal dialysis unit, etc. of a > hospital. Before the current crisis I was mapping my nearest general > hospital and using amenity=clinic + healthcare=clinic in this way. > > The only reason to think otherwise is that the wiki page on healthcare > lists only two specialities for clinics: abortion and fertility, > indicating that > at least one person considered clinics to be standalone and not normally > part of hospitals. > > So what's the consensus on clinics? If there is a consenus (rather than > the > usual bunfight) I'll amend the wiki pages to make it explicit that clinic > can be used for units/departments/centres in hospitals. > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- *MIKKO L. TAMURA* *Administrator* *Map Beks Initiative* *Externals Head* *Pilipinas Chubs X Chasers* *Volunteer Mapper* *OpenStreetMap Philippines* *Contact Number: +639052320416*
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