On 1/20/20 5:00 AM, tagging-requ...@openstreetmap.org wrote:
> Sounds basically reasonable to me. The page does not make it clear
> if this is just a place you can put a hose in, or if the piping is
> pre-installed. What I'm talking about is a red 3 or 4" pipe that
> runs from under the middle
Joseph Eisenberg writes:
> That tag is probably emergency=suction_point - seems much better to
> tag that rather than identifying the whole pond.
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aemergency%3Dsuction_point
Sounds basically reasonable to me. The page does not make it clear if
this is
On 19.01.2020 06:10, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
2) =fire_water_pond " A man made or natural pond with water for a fire
department." 2785 uses
Why is that not verifiable? Such ponds typically have a red-framed sign
"Löschwasserteich".
Ground-verifiable, not necessarily Bing-verifiable.
I see how
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 14:36, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
> The tag emergency=ses_station is only used in one country, so it would
> be better to pick a name that will make sense internationally.
>
Yes, I agree entirely! That was the suggestion made previously that I
mentioned & why I then
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 14:21, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
> The difference between emergency=lifeguard_tower and
> emergency=lifeguard_platform is not very clear.
>
No, I tried to clarify that when I brought up about tidying up the various
Lifeguard listings a while back, but never got very far :-(
> In general it might make sense to have the complete list on the key page of
> emergency, and a
> selection on map features.
I've made this change. In generally, now that we have taglists for
most parts of Map Features, it would be good to have a longer list at
each Key: page (e.g Key:emergency,
Thank you for the help, Greg.
>> 2) =fire_water_pond " A man made or natural pond with water for a fire
>> department." 2785 uses
>> - Remove: This tag isn't verifiable, or else it could be added to any
>> pond or small lake. It's not much used outside of Germany.
>
> Around me, there are things
The tag emergency=ses_station is only used in one country, so it would
be better to pick a name that will make sense internationally.
> So the land_rescue here means a rescue service where the main mode of
> transport of the responders involved is a motor vehicle, bicycle or on foot.
Don't
The difference between emergency=lifeguard_tower and
emergency=lifeguard_platform is not very clear.
Recall that the original question is about what tags should be
included in Map Features, the introductory page, translated into may
languages, which represents the most commonly used, "de facto"
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 10:40, Graeme Fitzpatrick
wrote:
> There would seem to be possible grounds for a new tag of
> emergency=rescue_station, broken down into what type of rescue that station
> carries out:
> eg type (that word that everybody loves!) / field / area / rescue=water
> (swimmers) /
On Sun, 19 Jan 2020 at 00:20, Joseph Eisenberg
wrote:
> Should we remove some of the rare values of "emergency=" which have
> got into Map Features?
>
No just because it's may have a low tag count doesn't mean it's not a good
tag.
> Like some other key pages, the Key:emergency page is a big
As others have said, emergency=landing_sites are different to helipads, as
per the ongoing discussion re airstrip / airfield / aerodrome. In
Australia, we have just finished mapping ~700 of then throughout New South
Wales in connection with the current bushfires (which I'm sure you've all
heard
On Sat, 18 Jan 2020 22:18:10 +0900
Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
> Should we remove some of the rare values of "emergency=" which have
> got into Map Features?
> ) =fire_hose "A high-pressure hose used to carry water or other fire
> retardant (such as foam) to a fire to extinguish it." - 1115 uses
>
Joseph Eisenberg writes:
> 2) =fire_water_pond " A man made or natural pond with water for a fire
> department." 2785 uses
> - Remove: This tag isn't verifiable, or else it could be added to any
> pond or small lake. It's not much used outside of Germany.
Around me, there are things that meet
On 18.01.2020 14:18, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
Should we remove some of the rare values of "emergency=" which have
got into Map Features?
In general it might make sense to have the complete list on the key page of emergency, and a
selection on map features.
Like some other key pages, the
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