On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 09:23, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 23:29, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I run into https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcoast_guard >> and despite that I have basically zero experience with such objects >> I am pretty sure that this description (and an old proposal) has a >> problematic definition >> > > Yep. > > Of a lot of interest to me, because I'm a member of a volunteer Marine > Rescue ("Coast Guard") unit. > > I remember this being discussed previously with the same dilemma - Coast > Guard means different things in different places, from an armed military > force (that also has a rescue function) to a strictly volunteer Marine > Rescue unit, with no official powers of any sort. > > Maybe the existing amenity=coast_guard & emergency =coast_guard tags both > need to be deprecated in favour of two new tags: > > landuse=military + military=coast_guard: Base for a military / > para-military force intended for protection of a country's coastal waters > against enemy military forces, smugglers, terrorists etc, & which usually > also has a marine rescue function. eg United States Coast Guard, Australian > Border Force (& others). This would render as the standard military area; & > > emergency=marine_rescue: Base for a group, frequently non-Government / > volunteer only, dedicated to the rescue of vessels / sailors at sea. eg > British RNLI, Australian Volunteer Coast Guard, Volunteer Marine Rescue (& > others). A good render would be a simple "SOS"! Alternatively, these could > be mapped under the existing amenity=rescue_station tag, but that tag > itself should come under the emergency= heading. > > There's currently about 150 x amenity=coast_guard, & only ~25 x > emergency=coast_guard, tags in use, so not a major problem to go through & > correct them. There are a *lot* more rescue bases that should be tagged > though, in the order of 300 in Australia alone! > 100% agree.
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