Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-30 Thread Dudley Ibbett
than a foot bridge) over a railway line. I suspect it was stipulated by the planning authority for safety reasons. Dudley From: Tim Waters Sent: 30 August 2018 15:03 To: Warin Cc: OSM - Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps? Wikipedia calls them

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-30 Thread Tim Waters
Wikipedia calls them "mounting blocks" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounting_block I spotted a new ish concrete one the other day which had an official looking "horse riders may mount here" sign above it, but I don't think those signs are in the HM Sign Manual. I prefer "mount" to "dismount"

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-27 Thread Warin
On 27/08/18 23:28, Andy Townsend wrote: On 27/08/18 13:32, Edward Catmur wrote: amenity=horse_dismount_block has 4 occurrences, all in the north of England. I think I'm responsible for half of those - happy to pick a different tag if someone's got a better idea! There are actually a

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-27 Thread Andy Townsend
On 27/08/18 13:32, Edward Catmur wrote: amenity=horse_dismount_block has 4 occurrences, all in the north of England. I think I'm responsible for half of those - happy to pick a different tag if someone's got a better idea! There are actually a selection of tags used for this sort of thing:

Re: [Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-27 Thread Edward Catmur
amenity=horse_dismount_block has 4 occurrences, all in the north of England. I might add some more that I know of. On Mon, 27 Aug 2018, 00:11 Martin Wynne, wrote: > I'm tempted to map these horse-mounting steps as > > stairway=to_heaven > >

[Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

2018-08-26 Thread Martin Wynne
I'm tempted to map these horse-mounting steps as stairway=to_heaven http://85a.co.uk/images/little_hereford7_960x800.jpg http://85a.co.uk/images/little_hereford8_960x500.jpg Other suggestions welcome. Clearly horse riders need to know where these useful installations are located.