Adding amenity=archive

[Vuizur]

OSM Tag(s)

amenity=archive

How would you like this tag to see supported?

As a Preset

Label

Archive

Aliases

No response

Terms

No response

Link to OSM Wiki page

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Darchive

Status of the Tag

In Use

Usage of the tag

566

Replaces other Tag?

no

Regional Tag?

global

Further Information

No response

[tordans]

Which fields would you suggest adding?

[Vuizur]

I think that everything from the wiki page would probably make sense:

name= opening_hours= website= phone= addr= operator= wheelchair= ref:isil= - reference the International Standard Identifier for Libraries and Related Organisations (ISIL) The German wiki also has payment=, which might make sense if the archive charges for printing/copying stuff. Mentioned in a forum thread was access=, because some archives might not be open to the public

However, after reading the wiki page more carefully, I realized that there are three duplicate ways to tag archives: office=archive (26 uses) office=government + government=archive (811 uses) amenity=archive (566 uses)

So the government=archive option might be even better. I guess I should ask in the community forum. The disadvantage is that business archives can't be mapped that way, but these are probably very rare and usually private.

[tordans]

I think that everything from the wiki page would probably make sense…

Those are a good start but I find it helpful to also check their usage in Taginfo (sometimes those are tags that are not used in reality) and check if there are fields for them already in the schema (or how to define new fields here).

I guess I should ask in the community forum. The disadvantage is that business archives can't be mapped that way, but these are probably very rare and usually private.

Yes, that would be great, thanks!