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 they sometimes use helicopters too? > emergency=rescue_station, broken down into what type of rescue that station > carries out. That seems sensible, but it needs to be clearly defined what qualifies as one of these places. Is a "Search and Rescue" center one of these? What about a place that dispatches ambulances? The wiki page for emergency=water_rescue_station suggests that emergency=lifeguard_base should be used instead, so that needs to be cleared up. - Joseph Eisenberg On 1/19/20, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 about :-(), & are looking at doing the same for other states, to show > spots that choppers can land if needed. > > With regard to =mountain_rescue. As was mentioned earlier, there may only > be a few of them mapped, but in those areas they are vital! I know there > also used to be a listing for emergency=ses_station for the Australian > State Emergency Service bases, but that appears to have been removed at > some stage? > > On the discussion page for it > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Tag:emergency%3Dses_station, it > was thought that the name was too country specific, & the suggestion was > made to possibly rename these to =land_rescue_station, similar to the > existing =water_rescue_station > " There is an existing tag for emergency > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:emergency>=water_rescue_station > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:emergency%3Dwater_rescue_station> > and > given the diverse nature of at least the Australian SES, I'd suggest a > renaming to emergency <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:emergency>= > land_rescue_station > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:emergency%3Dland_rescue_station&action=edit&redlink=1> > as > it would be easy to verify on the ground. It would also resolve confusion > in mapping marine SES units to the water_rescue_station rather than > SES_station which spans both. 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. Alex Sims > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Alex_Sims> (talk > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex_Sims>) 04:46, 20 May > 2019 (UTC)" > > 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) / land / mountain / marine (boats) / etc > > emergency=rescue_station + rescue=marine + operator=Marine Rescue > Queensland + name=Marine Rescue Currumbin > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-28.12854/153.48487 > > Lifeguards could then come under the same classification using water rescue > > emergency=rescue_station + rescue=water + operator=Surf Life Saving > Queensland + name=Palm Beach SLSC > > emergency=rescue_station + rescue=water + operator=Gold Coast City Council > Lifeguard Service + name=Lifeguard Tower 14 > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/-28.11867/153.47239 > > Thoughts? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
