How should I map a border guard station?

Currently, border guard units are marked as military areas, government offices, police, etc. In many countries, border guards and police are two different formations. We have tags for coast guard (amenity=coast_guard), but we don't have tags for border guard. Maybe some new tag?

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asked 31 Oct '19, 08:44

RafalR
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Just to clarify, when you say "station", is that a small checkpoint at a border crossing, or a larger multi-building facility (like a military base)?

(01 Nov '19, 16:24) alester

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We don't have a tag for it just like we don't have a tag for regular guard boths like the ones you find in industrial facility entrances.

The closest (from what we have currently) is probably amenity=police, but this can vary depending on which is the enforcing organization. For checkpoints we have:

barrier=border_control
police=checkpoint
military=checkpoint

But for a border crossing only barrier=border_control makes sense, so following this logic we should have amenity=border_control for your needs or maybe a new amenity for guardhouses generally, like amenity=guard_house then add subtypes like guard_house=border_control or guard_house=security for commercial/industrial ones.

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answered 01 Nov '19, 02:29

UntaggedWay
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Also note https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:office%3Dsecurity

(16 May, 03:50) jidanni

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