Yeah. Complete nonsense, unfortunately. Ian.
On Mon, 29 Apr 2024, 12:25 am Ian Bennett, <ibenn...@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hi all, > I'll put my two boobs worth in here, but my information is > extremely dated. > When I was gliding back in the 80's, we used to fly from a private > airstrip. There was no windsock > erected. > When I asked about this, I was told that a windsock implied a > public airstrip so could be used by > anyone. No windsock, no one else could use the strip (unless in an > emergency). > That said, it could be an old wives' tale just to shut the > "young'un" up. > > Ian > > On 29/4/24 5:54 pm, Frederik Ramm wrote: > > Thanks all - I'll drop that airstrip then. > > > > On 29/04/2024 10:04, Frederik Ramm wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> the DWG was contacted by the owner of some farmland about an > aerodrome=airport that was mapped on > >> their property and which they would like to have removed since it was > not a published airstrip and > >> while they occasionally used it for take-offs and landings they don't > want ir promoted. > >> > >> My standard response in cases like this would be "I can mark it > access=private but if something is > >> clearly there, I cannot remove it." > >> > >> I have checked with aerial imagery though and there is absolutely > nothing on the aerial imagery > >> that would set this "airstrip" apart from the neighbouring grassland. > Yes it looks like I could > >> land a plane there, but I could also land a plane the next field over, > or a little bit further > >> east or west - it all looks the same. I assume that there might be a > clue locally like a windsock > >> or so, but other than that, nothing. > >> > >> I'd therefore be tempted to delete the airstrip from OSM. Opinions > about that? Here's the area: > >> > >> https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=15/-38.3681/145.3901 > >> > >> Bye > >> Frederik > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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