S. Higashi stated, earlier in the thread, that the Japanese government provided 
fire extinguisher stations along some residential streets, and posted a link to 
a photograph: 
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Fire_extinguisher_ja.jpg>.  Such a 
fire extinguisher station would be useful to map, as you would be likely to 
find a fire extinguisher there.

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Subject :Re: [Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Fire_Hydrant
>From  :mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net
Date  :Tue Jul 27 17:40:28 America/Chicago 2010


  On 7/27/10 8:33 AM, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> I agree that fire hydrants and fire extinguishers should be tagged 
> differently.  While both are used for putting out fires, fire extinguishers 
> (a) are limited to use on smaller fires, and (b) are useful by themselves, 
> whereas you need a suitable hose in order to use a fire hydrant )and so are 
> of use to firefighters, but not the general public).
i'm uncertain about the case for fire extinguishers -- they're small and
portable.
please provide scenarios where tagging extinguishers is meaningful.

richard


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