Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenb...@gmail.com> writes: > 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
Sounds basically reasonable to me. The page does not make it clear if this is just a place you can put a hose in, or if the piping is pre-installed. What I'm talking about is a red 3 or 4" pipe that runs from under the middle to the edge with "FD Water Source #6" sign or some such. Maybe that's what emergency=fire_hydrant + fire_hydrant:type=suction_point - strange alternative tagging is all about. But I don't see getting that straightened out as a bar to what you want to do. > That's probably emergency=assembly_point - > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aemergency=assembly_point That's exactly the kind of thing I meant. So no objections to your plans here. >>> ) =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). So sounds like you are not going to remove landing_site? In addition to real helipads and merely planned places, I have also seen a crazy-extra-wide turning circle at the end of a road to a ~mountain hiking trail, with paint marks that are obviously about helicopters. But I am 99% sure this is for medevac only -- I think they just expect to need it more often given the trail steepness, and there wasn't anything close, so they cleared and paved a 100' circle (and you can park around the edge only, IIRC). _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
