On Sun, 2013-12-08 at 19:17 +0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Btw, how would you call a small structure like this: > https://maps.google.it/maps?q=rom&ll=41.879601,12.496149&spn=0.00167,0.003473&safe=off&hnear=Rom,+Latium&gl=it&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=41.879677,12.496087&panoid=48p0hYYLAJMPzfxFbg_W5A&cbp=12,22.08,,2,4.41 > > > These are used by the police to control traffic flow and I think they > can also interfere with the traffic lights control on this crossing. > These are put on many bigger crossings in the city, but not always > there is someone in there. Capacity is I think 2 officers, they have > got airconditioning. Not sure if this qualifies as a building in the > stricter term, but for osm I'd say yes, as they don't move ;-) > > > If it provided only weather protection I'd maybe call them > "police_shelter", but I think they also have infrastructure to > interfere with the traffic lights, so maybe it is more a kind of > control_room? > The English term would be a police box (police_box).
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