Talk:Tag:emergency=disaster help point

Proposed changes to the tagging

name

The name should not be descriptive. See name=*: "tag is supposed to contain solely name, not to describe the type or location of the object [...]" and "Do not use name=* if: The feature is known by a generic term or description [...]". Therefore I propose to drop the recommendation of the name tag in preference of the description=*. Proposal:

• description=* – "Name" of the point. Usually the name is a description of the location of the Point like "School Gym East Tashbol". If it really has a unique, non descriptive name, of course name could be used

covering

Maybe namespace it? Use disaster_help_point:covering=*? I could imagine that covering could be used for mapping a roof like feature. It is an ambiguous tag in that regard.

Address

The point will use an already existing address, but might be outdoors and even closer to another address (of a minor building for example). Therefore I would propose to recommend contact:*=* to make clear that this point is not the authoritative point for the address. Even if that scheme is still contentious. I simply don't know a better solution. The plain address is a not an option in my opinion due to the duplication. But I would still like to map the address, because it enables to find the point with a bit of local knowledge even when no GPS is available.