Please read http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Aviation
Pilots do not use the osm base map... /Andreas Skickat från min iPhone > 23 apr. 2017 kl. 07:50 skrev Oleksiy Muzalyev <oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch>: > >> On 22.04.17 21:17, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> >> sent from a phone >> >>> On 22. Apr 2017, at 08:33, Oleksiy Muzalyev <oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch> >>> wrote: >>> >>> In my opinion, it is a significant issue, in fact a disaster waiting to >>> happen. There will be soon air-born taxi in Dubai, Singapore, etc., and the >>> extremely high communication towers, the so-called aviation traffic >>> obstacles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_obstacle , are not >>> rendered on the OSM map at all. >> >> which disaster do you expect to happen? Someone flying around in dense fog >> and using no other information than osm-carto? >> >> I agree it is a shortcoming that towers are not rendered on osm-carto, but >> we should keep calm and not exaggerate its significance. >> >> cheers, >> Martin > > Dear Martin, > > An air traffic obstacle, a tall structure which can endanger air traffic, has > to be marked with red and white colored markings and with aircraft warning > lights at night. If you look at these communication towers this is how they > are actually painted. > > An airman say a pilot of a medicopter may well study terrain carefully on a > map before a flight. In fact it is not a flight as a bird flies, but rather a > jump as there is a time limit, an endurance. That is why a planning is > necessary. > > Unfortunately on the OSM map he/she will not see any icon. At the same time > the air-traffic in urban areas will continue to increase. It is future of > urban mobility [1]. > > If a helicopter, an RPAS, a plane touches a mast or a cable it would crash; a > mast may collapse. For individuals involved it could certainly be a disaster. > > People do realize it. Andy not only mapped the communication tower (or mast) > but plans to map its cables. It is a good idea too. It will take time to map > all these towers (masts), measure and calculate their height, etc. > > Unfortunately the confusion between "man_made=tower" and "man_made=mast" > continues. One is rendered and one is not, and that adds to confusion. > > [1] > http://www.airbusgroup.com/int/en/news-media/corporate-magazine/Forum-88/My-Kind-Of-Flyover.html > > With best regards, > > Oleksiy > > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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