[Tagging] fire alarms

[Seth Golub]

Hello.  I'm mapping the fire alarm boxes in my neighborhood, and I'm not
sure how to tag them.  Here's an example:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dwthompson/36722209
77/

The
closest thing I can find in use is emergency=phone, but these are just
switches.  You pull the lever to summon help, but you can't talk to anyone.

My first guess would be emergency=alarm, but taginfo hasn't seen that.  Just
two of amenity=fire_alarm, one amenity=fire_alarm_box, and one
service=alarm.  Am I really the first one doing this or is there another
scheme I haven't thought to look for?
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Re: [Tagging] fire alarms

[Seth Golub]

Thanks for your help.

Sorry, that photo did not give a clear story.  Many of these boxes just have
a switch that calls the fire department.  No phone of any kind.
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/csaulit/5236469068/

Some also have a locked phone that is accessible only to police.  This must
have been handy before they all carried radios, but it's hard to imagine
anyone using one now.  (At least, they say they contain for-police-only
phones, but I've never seen one open.)
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ohciel/4661360495/

The inaccessible police phone are interesting from a historical perspective,
but are not useful.  (Maybe include a note, but not a phone tag...)  As far
as emergency devices go, it's all about the fire alarm switch.

So I guess I will use
 emergency=alarm
and perhaps also
 operator=SF Fire Department

Would it be appropriate to add something to the wiki?  Proposed feature?
 Added to the list in Key:emergency?
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Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Kerb

[Seth Golub]

It seems that kerb=flush is saying that there is no kerb.  kerb=no seems
more intuitive, and probably some people will use it no matter what the wiki
says, so why have flush at all?

"lowered" seems to mean "raised, but not very much".  I imagine the intent
was "lowered compared to the otherwise raised sidewalk", but all the other
values are relative to the road.  Instead it implies "lower than the road".
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