An archive is a special government office. Not a library and not a museum. I’ve used the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and in College Park, Maryland. Government=archive is most accurate.
Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 7, 2018, at 8:50 AM, Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just look at the key government the first thing to strike me was archive, the > key is meant to be used with office. > > I don't think of government archives as offices... so what is in the data > base? > > Well for Kew, UK > building=government with amenity=public_building > > There are quite a few archives with public building; > Dublin, Ireland > Engu, Nigeria > New York, USA > > > Some are just buildings; > California, USA > Normandy, France > Cairo, Egypt > Rarotonga, Cook Islands > Abu Dhabi, UAE > > > Some are Libraries; > Chiang Mai, Thailand > Adelphi, USA > > > Some are museums; > Tokyo, Japan > Kabul, Afghanistan > > Some are government offices; > Zomba, Malawi > Libreville, Gabon > Gaborone, Botswana > Dar es Salaam, Tanzania > Delhi, India > Bangkok, Thailand > > ---------------------------- > Would be nice to have some consistency? > Usually at least one of these per country, some times several depending on > the size of the country. > I found the above by searching for 'national archives'. > > I think Kew has it best; > building=government with amenity=public_building > > Humm that does not cover where there is one office you go to that is part of > a larger building having other offices.. do these exist? > And if so .. are they really an office ... or more like a library or a > museum? I think a library, they are documents, very few 'artefacts'. > > Thoughts? > > --------------- > There will be some that have 'off site storage'. These will be buildings, > perhaps best described as warehouses? > So building=warehouse, access=private could be best? > I think that is fairly clear. > > =================== > PS It seems that as I hunt down one problem I come across several more > annoying ones .. > though they decrease in numbers in the data base. I think I should buy some > blinkers and stop seeing these things!!! > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
