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Deprecate amenity=emergency_service,emergency=ses_station,emergency_service=technical -> emergency=disaster_response #1109

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@tyrasd tyrasd merged commit 0c9c5b0 into openstreetmap:main Feb 14, 2024
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tyrasd commented Feb 14, 2024

Oh, I only just noticed after mergin this PR that according to the wiki, the old tags are apparently not quite fully deprecated, quote:

amenity=emergency_service and emergency_service=technical were/are used for the "Regionalstellen" and "Landesverbände" of the German THW. These facilitys do not match emergency=disaster_response.

Here's an example of one of the mentioned facilities: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/52468439.

I don't know the details, but I assume that these particular sites do only administrative work and no direct/practical disaster response. The wiki also says this about the new tag:

It is the place where the members start a mission after being alerted to an incident.

This would confirm that the new tag is not useful for these kind of facilities.1

In any case, it seems like we cannot simply upgrade the old tags in these situations. Therefore, I have to partially revert this PR, unfortunately. ➡️ done in dd045f2

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  1. Side note: To me it seems that the tag amenity=emergency_service is also not really a good fit such a facility, and perhaps some office tag should be used instead in the future, but that's a different discussion.

tyrasd added a commit that referenced this pull request Feb 14, 2024
see #1109 (comment)

the tag is still in use for some sites of the THW in Germany, where
(supposedly) no disaster response missions start their duties.
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