On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 23:29, Mateusz Konieczny via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> 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! Thanks Graeme
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