On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:36:57 +0000 (UTC) Ed Avis <[email protected]> wrote:
> Different people have different expectations for what data can be > added. Some even add tags for phone numbers. For large public-facing > businesses such as hotels it obviously makes sense to put the full > name on the map. For people's houses it would be crazy to list the > occupants (though some OSM contributors have marked their own house > with a note tag!). A medical practice is somewhere between the two. > I guess if it is listed in the phone directory's business section > under a particular name, then that name can go in OSM. Speaking as the office manager of Miller Rosenfalck NY (LLP), I would say: It is quite common for a medical and a legal practice to have the professional's name as part of the business name. I agree that this should not be perceived as a personal name requiring personal protection - in this case it is the company name. Yours, Morten __ Morten Juhl-Johansen Zölde-Fejér http://writtenandread.net * [email protected] _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk

