In France, it is common to have small doctor offices consisting of 2-10 doctors, each with their own name and speciality, but without a brand or somehow identifiable common name (other than generic "Medical group" names or so). Therefore, doctors are identified by their names only, typically with smal plaques at the entrance of the building stating each doctor's name and speciality. The Should I put all doctor's names separated by semicolons, instead of "Medical group"? Also, how could one map each doctor to its speciality, if all specialities are grouped in the I though of the other possibility of doing it, that is, creating a different node for each doctor, but this is less than ideal:
In the end, I think that adding a node for the medical group itself, with all specialities, plus a separate node for each doctor, with their specific name, speciality and phone number, would be the only way to preserve all data, but this would require "inventing" their exact locations, plus would be a bit of an overkill. Is there a good example of how to do it in practice? asked 24 Dec '17, 18:06 voyageant |
Good thoughts! I would use your suggestion in the penultimate paragraph ("In the end …"). However, if two or three doctors share one office with one speciality, I would merge them and not tag them individually. The individual names are likely reflected in the You are talking about renderers: well, yes, most usual maps will not be able to display all the docs. But they could (automatically!) show a group POI icon which expends on click or something like that. Special maps can show name markers with arrows pointing to the docs. And the prime usage example for the individual tagging is searching for special doctors - e.g. in a page like "OSM yellow pages" or in your navigation software like OsmAnd. I see no issue in "inventing" locations (except if you go for indoor mapping the building). I would map them in a cluster of nodes, each spaced a bit apart, so clicking them is not too hard. Maybe add a note tag that the position is "symbolic". If, later, someone knows the correct location in the building, the node can be moved - a usual principle (refinement) in OSM. answered 25 Dec '17, 11:20 aseerel4c26 ♦ |
I had almost made the same decision as @jmapb, adding doctor's names in description. Then I made some tests. I want to be able to search on the doctor's name, as well as the name of the clinic. Searching on info in the description doesn't seem to work with osmand, or with openstreetmap.org web interface. This could be fixed in both interfaces, but I don't think that it is enough. There should be a description of the standard practice in the wiki for amenity=doctors, and healthcare=* If doctors are to be listed in a subfield, there should be a standard subfield, with the names separated by semicolons, perhaps. Until then, I am strongly thinking of using @voyageant suggestion, with the office as an area, and individual nodes for each doctor. answered 06 May '18, 20:10 nereocystis 2
Hmm, I guess I'm not too surprised to hear that the description fields are not indexed for search. Some people might frown on "tagging for the search" as they do "tagging for the renderer" but I agree that the ideal would be to have to a standard key where doctors' names can comfortably reside, allowing a map application to return a clinic when the corresponding doctor is sought. There might be a syntax that would be applicable to other sorts of amenities as well. I've seen dentists, veterinarians, estate agents, law offices, and even hairdressers that advertise their personnel by name outside the business. Perhaps consider a general
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jmapb
Something like personell= and staff= sounds like a good idea.
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I've mapped similar small multi-doctor offices in New York City. I generally use separate nearby nodes if the doctors each have their own phone numbers, and otherwise use a single node with the doctors' names listed as a description. answered 06 May '18, 18:59 jmapb |
Individual offices do not always contain the names of the doctors. I sympathize with the original questioners solution. Better would be a field within healthcare which lists individual practioners, but this field does not currently seem to exist. My example: Good Samaritan Hospital Hearth Rhythm Center has 3 MDs I want to look up my specific MD, but always want to list the office All 3 MDs should be listed answered 06 May '18, 17:53 nereocystis |