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 that meet this definition, and have > standpipes installed. So it's quite verifable. However, if the pipe is > tagged as some kind of hydrant, and the water is tagged, that seems > sufficient.
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 >> 3) =access_point "A sign number which can be used to define your >> current position in case of an emergency" - 5555 uses >> - Remove: the similar tag 'highway=access_point" is much more common >> and was approved. > > I have seen, in company parking lots "evacuation assembly point #6" or > signed for some floor/building. These are for people, not a highway > thing. I think it makes sense to map them. Do you think this usage is > what the tag is about? That's probably emergency=assembly_point - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aemergency=assembly_point >> ) =landing_site "Preselected flat area for a helicopter to land in an >> emergency" 2543 uses >> - Uncertain: the tag aeroway=helipad is more common, and the >> distinction is unclear > > There is a difference between a helipad and a place for an emergency. > Around me helipads are fenced and have lights, and landing there is > within normal practice. > > There are also pre-planned sites for medical helicopters to land, and > these are definitely not helipads. They are merely places that are hard > enough surface and open enough (no poles or wires) that a Medflight or > police helicopter pilot can safely land and take off from. Almost > always some fire department equipement/people are sent to secure the > landing site and provide lighting / denote the center with headlights. Ok, that makes sense. I actually know of a number of these which I could map (I sometimes fly along with the local helicopter medevac service). - Joseph Eisenberg _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
