On 6/15/14 11:07 AM, Andreas Goss wrote: > So I got a bit of work done with the WikiProject Emergency Cleanup, > but now I'm not really sure about emergency access. > > - Is there a difference between service=emergency_access, > access=emergency and emergency=yes(on roads)? > i'm not familiar with service=emergency_access emergency=yes is what we're supposed to be using in association with access=no or access=private access=emergency is not so far as i know standard, i used it a lot and have been meaning to go back and convert the ones i entered to use emergency=yes
> - What exactly is their meaning? Is it only for designated emergency > access roads (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuerwehrzufahrt)? > it's appropriate to use it for connectors for motorways that are clearly signed no u turn. > - Or was it meant for roads, which bascially had access=no, but > allowed for only emergency vehicles? > this case is my interpretation. you need to be a little careful about "emergency vehicles can drive anywhere". under NY state law, for example, emergency vehicles have carte blanch to ignore any sort of turn or directional restriction, but fire department officers are often wary of actually doing this due to the risks involved. on the other hand, they certainly will use turn arounds like the no-u-turn u turns on the motorways. emergency services routing is a tricky business that i'm still feeling my way around. > > The only thing I could find apart from a mention on the access=* page > was this proposal: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/emergency_vehicle_access > > > I'm considering starting a proposal for something like > access:emergency=yes/no/designated/..., because using access=* means > you can't combine it with a different access attribute and > emergency=yes says very little and is also used on other things. the current situation of overloading of emergency= does present some issues. richard -- [email protected] Averill Park Networking - GIS & IT Consulting OpenStreetMap - PostgreSQL - Linux Java - Web Applications - Search
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