2018-06-18 18:03 GMT+02:00 Tobias Wrede <l...@tobias-wrede.de>: > Am 11.06.2018 um 23:09 schrieb Graeme Fitzpatrick: > > Had a look at https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasserrettungsstation & it's > a purely German organisation, which would appear to be life guards, > although with possibly a bit of Coast Guard / Marine Rescue included? > > Actually, this would be the general German term for a lifeguard base. They > are manned/run by different organisations (DLRG, ASB, Wasserwacht). To my > knowledge they only do near shore rescuing for swimmers, surfers, light > boats etc. >
+1, these are permanent stations (although I would not expect them to operate in the winter in Germany, do they?), unlike for example these: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WOPR-Pobierowo-2006.jpg which are set up in the season and do not operate out of a permanent structure. IMHO, if you want to tag the former, be explicit, do not use amenity=lifeguard because it is ambiguous, use something like amenity=lifeguard_station (or emergency rather than amenity). > Off-shore rescuing more intended for rescuing ships' crews is done by > German Coast Guard (Küstenwache, state run) or more often by another > non-governmental organization called Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung > Schiffbrüchiger. > coast guards have a lot of competences usually, rescuing people is just one of their many duties. They can be seen as kind of police, military or customs, often they will also: control the coasts for unapproved pollution, look for informal immigrants and trafficking of all kind via the sea, look for illegal constructions at the coasts, control the quota for fishing, control of vessels with respect to maritime law, etc. in short a kind of police on the water. Amenity=coast_guard is currently proposed, has not yet 100 usages, and can be found here: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aamenity%3Dcoast_guard There is also emergency=coast_guard with a fifth of the usage and IMHO less suitable (because this is not only or mainly about "emergency", see above). Cheers, Martin
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