On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 5:48 AM Allan Mustard <al...@mustard.net> wrote:
[...] > d) diplomatic=* would include only [embassy, consulate, other], with > "other" covering anomalies without status under the VCDR or VCCR (e.g., > AIT, TECRO, and subnational representations); > > e) further refining of the type of facility would be apparent in the > name=* tag, obviating the need for additional subtags; and > [,,,] It depends. Are all of the facilities that would be tagged as "other" sui generis or do some of them fall into specific categories? If there are specific categories that some of them fall under, then giving them their own values instead of other would be sensible. Tag values are cheap and promote consistency. Consider somebody wanting to use overpass-turbo to find a particular type of diplomatic facility. A search for diplomatic="fubar" is a nice, easy query. A search for diplomatic="other" and name~"fubar" works if you're sure the name is going to contain "fubar" somewhere within it. If you don't know in advance what the name is then with only diplomatic=other you're not going to be able to narrow it down to a specific category of other (if specific categories of other exist). OTOH, if "trade missions," "liaison offices," "interests sections," and the like are merely marketing terms for "I can't believe it's not an embassy" then "other" suffices. -- Paul
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