Re: [talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-14 Thread Adam Steer
hei all first - great idea to map areas where snow chains need to be carried. In the Australian context: The season for needing to carry chains is generally fixed, and corresponds to when park entry fees change (on tarred / main roads which go to snowfields at least). In my experience its not a

Re: [talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-14 Thread Andrew Harvey
highway=chain_up_area sounds fine, while these places close/open depending on conditions, many are signposted as chain bays and they don't move, so can be surveyed and added. I think snow_chains:conditional=required @ ... is very useful to show roads which you may be expected to carry and use

Re: [talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-13 Thread Andrew Davidson
On 14/11/21 18:30, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Hi My impression in Victoria is that the chain fitting and chains required locations move up and down the mountain with the weather and that there's very little that can be mapped. Tony snow_chains:conditional=required @ snow; required @ ice

Re: [talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-13 Thread forster
Hi My impression in Victoria is that the chain fitting and chains required locations move up and down the mountain with the weather and that there's very little that can be mapped. Tony Hi all, For the NSW and Victorian snowfield mappers, user Trapicki has submitted a comprehensive snow

[talk-au] Proposed features/Snow chains

2021-11-13 Thread Brendan Barnes
Hi all, For the NSW and Victorian snowfield mappers, user Trapicki has submitted a comprehensive snow chains proposal: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Snow_chains A lot of Aussie chain bays are (incorrectly) tagged as parking lots, so proposed tags may be useful.