16 gru 2022, 02:51 od graemefi...@gmail.com: > > On Fri, 16 Dec 2022 at 10:59, Andy Townsend <> ajt1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> doesn't explain why "amenity=lifeboat" is "deprecated". Like it or >> not, this is used exactly how you'd expect: >> >> >> https://map.atownsend.org.uk/maps/map/map.html#20/54.48811/-0.61310 >> >> > > But as I've pointed out a couple of times before, by policy, OSM doesn't map > mobile items > > e.g > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building=houseboat > > "Houseboats that are moving are not mappable in OSM" > > Yes, that (totally undocumented & undiscussed) tag could be either written up > to specify it's the location where a lifeboat is moored, or it could be > changed to amenity=lifeboat_mooring, but, is it verifiable? Can anybody walk > up to that spot 24/7/365 & say Ah yes, that's the > George> & Mary Webb> ? > Sorry, but no they can't, as it may be elsewhere at that moment. > In this case amenity=lifeboat is - I expect - used to map lifeboat stationing place, not lifeboat itself (it may or may be confusing enough that new tag us useful).
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