On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmm, amenity=ranger_station is kind of gross - it's so specific to a > particular culture. Something like amenity=visitor_centre could have been a > lot more generically useful. (With potentially a > visitor_centre=ranger_station for applications that want to be certain > they're dealing specifically with Ranger Stations.) > I think the word "official" needs to sneak in there somewhere. There are lots of places calling themselves visitor centers, tourist information, etc. A "ranger station" is always an *official* outpost of the natural area in question. Note that the ranger station/warden office or whatever you call is a key amenity of a natural area: in many cases one cannot visit or undertake certain activities prior to making a visit. This part is true worldwide. Ranger stations to date have been tagged amenity=police, and building= government, neither of which really fit. amenity=official_park_visitor_centre captures the goal pretty well, but is wordy.
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