The intention of the tag is to specify physical equipment (health_amenity:type=MRI) and should be used in conjunction with amenity=clinic to show that the health facility contains that specialised equipment. This will enable mappers say that "this clinic contains an MRI" ᐧ
On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 at 08:15, Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> wrote: > 4) health_amenity:type > > I think the key "healthcare" should be used instead of the new key > health_amenity:type". If it's necessary to tag an MRI facility > separately, then create a tag like "healthcare=mri". > > However, it may be more useful to use a tag like "mri=yes" on the > main amenity=hospital or the radiology department within the medical > centre - this tag would let mappers say that "this hospital contains > an MRI" without requiring mappers to precisely locate the MRI > equipment within the building. This would also make it easier for > database users: they can just check for "amenity=hospital" + "mri=yes" > rather than doing a spacial query to find MRI nodes within or near an > amenity=hospital feature > > > On 6/20/19, Mhairi O'Hara <mhairi.oh...@hotosm.org> wrote: > > Hello Tagging Mailing List, > > > > We would like to bring your attention and comments on the proposal for > the > > staff_count:doctors and staff_count:nurses tags, which helps identify the > > number of doctors and nurses at a given health facility [1][2]. The > > operational_status tag, which has been proposed before and I would like > to > > highlight again, as this is used to document an observation of the > current > > functional status of a mapped feature (i.e. health facility) [3]. The > > health_amenity:type tag is also being proposed, as this indicates what > type > > of speciality medical equipment is available at the health facility [4] > and > > the final tag is insurance:health which describes the type of health > > insurance accepted at a health facility [5]. > > > > Some of these are already in use but have never been formally accepted, > or > > properly described as to how they should be applied, which we would like > to > > try and achieve if possible for the Healthsites.io project. Please take a > > look at the proposal pages on the OSM Wiki, as well as the Global > > Healthsites Mapping Project page [2] which is at the core of the recent > > work focused on creating a health facility data model. We look forward to > > discussing these proposals on the respective Wiki discussion pages. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Mhairi > > > > [1] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:staff_count:doctors > > [2] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:staff_count:nurses > > [3] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:operational_status > > [4] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:health_amenity:type > > [5] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Tag:insurance:health > > [6] > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Global_Healthsites_Mapping_Project#Tag_Proposal > > > > > > -- > > *Mhairi O'Hara* > > Project Manager > > mhairi.oh...@hotosm.org > > @mataharimhairi > > > > > > *Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team* > > *Using OpenStreetMap for Humanitarian Response & Economic Development* > > web <http://hotosm.org/> > > | twitter <https://twitter.com/hotosm> > > | facebook <https://www.facebook.com/hotosm> > > | donate <http://hotosm.org/donate> > > > -- Kind regards Mark Herringer www.healthsites.io https://medium.com/healthsites-io @sharehealthdata <https://twitter.com/sharehealthdata>
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