On 08/11/18 02:20, Allan Mustard wrote:
An archive is a special government office. Not a library and not a museum.
OSM says an office is a place that provides a 'service' - administrative or
professional work is carried out - e.g. an architect, lawyer, accountant.
An archive is a place that stores old information.
Humm .. is giving me access to that information a service?
I think of an archive as more of a library than an office.
Not all libraries loan out the stuff they have, some only allow looking at it
on the premises.
Libraries and archives store stuff so it can be found, archives have more of a
preservation ethos, though some libraries also have that need.
I’ve used the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and in College Park,
Maryland. Government=archive is most accurate.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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!!!
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