Dear Marion, An article that maybe of use: http://weait.com/content/whats-name
Btw, AFAIK ophthalmologist, optometrist and, optician are different professions, is it reflected in our tagging scheme? On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Jim Morgan <j...@datalude.com> wrote: > Hi Marion > > I'm no expert either, but generally the OSM wiki is a good place to start: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dhospital > > It gives useful guidelines like Hospital is bigger than Clinic. Clinic is > bigger than Doctor, and it also answers your query about emergency services: > amenity=clinic > name=Cebu Wellness Center > emergency=yes|no > > You should be able to get most of the info from there. At the end of the day, > OSM is a consensus of users, so if you feel strongly that other tags should > be used, or don't fit your needs, then you can argue your case on the mailing > lists. > > Jim > > Marion Singleton wrote, On Friday, 01 February, 2013 11:04 PM: >> Hello I am new to this group. I am currently personlly surveying health >> facilities in the Cebu, Mandaue and Consolacion area of Cebu Province for my >> own needs. I am a newbie at adding points to the database. I have come >> across some of the following different types of places both public and >> private: >> >> 1. Doctor offices >> 2. Dental offices >> 3. Optometrists >> 4. Private clinics with and without emergency facilities >> 5. Public clinics with and without emergency facilities >> 6. Hospitals >> 7. Treatment centers >> 8. Birthing Centers >> 9. Diagnostic test centers >> 10. Health care training facilities and schools >> >> I am sure this is not an exhaustive list. What I need to know is how should >> each be identified on the map. What codes should I use to enter each one. I >> have only been using the simplest methods so far but I think it is important >> to differentiate to help the user find what they need. I would like to >> discuss this with someone very knowledgeable in this area before starting to >> enter the data. Please contact me here. >> >> Marion Singleton aka Bossfish >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> talk-ph mailing list >> talk-ph@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >> > > -- > > datalude: information security > e: j...@datalude.com > Philippines: +63 2 403 1311 / mob: +63 917 849 3939 > Hong Kong: +852 5125 3392 > w: http://www.datalude.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > talk-ph mailing list > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph -- cheers, maning ------------------------------------------------------ "Freedom is still the most radical idea of all" -N.Branden wiki: http://esambale.wikispaces.com/ blog: http://epsg4253.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list talk-ph@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
