Also while around York the past couple of days, I noticed various flood barriers being closed, thus closing some roads to access. Is there a way to tag a flood barrier or gate?
Shaun On 12 Feb 2014, at 12:25, jonathan <jonat...@bigfatfrog67.me> wrote: > I agree it isn't, however, considering the current conditions some parts of > the country are experiencing, the continuing weather forecasts of more to > come and the fact that the ground water is so high that this water won't be > going anywhere soon, then perhaps we should apply some tagging to areas that > people have kindly already mapped. Maybe highways should be marked as > impassable? The Highways Agency etc are producing such lists. > > We would need to revisit these areas to remove it as they subside but this > information is invaluable to many people, agencies, charities, gov > departments etc. > > There's also a historical benefit having areas mapped as having previously > flooded, either as live ways tagged accordingly or as old deleted ways that > nevertheless are still accessible. > > If the HOT team had been activated for this then we would be doing this sort > of thing just as has been done in many other parts of the World. > > I'm beginning to think we are not stepping up to provide this unique mapping > requirement that no other mapping service is providing. > > Jonathan > > http://bigfatfrog67.me > > On 10/02/2014 17:29, Steve Doerr wrote: >> Is this an appropriate use of the name tag? >> >> http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search.php?q=Flooding%2C+Burrowbridge >> >> Steve >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-GB mailing list >> Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
