Thanks everybody! In response to a couple of points ...
No, I'm not trying to mark that the lifeguards are "in this spot", I just thought that some way of indicating where on the beach (i.e the flags) they would be would be good. & yes, we're all taught to swim between the flags, but is that standard teaching everywhere? Thanks Graeme On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 12:26, Simon Slater <pye...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > On Wednesday, 20 October 2021 9:54:22 AM AEDT Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: > > A little while back, I put the emergency=lifeguard proposal through, > > together with lifeguard=yes to describe those times when there is a > > lifeguard/s on the beach, but they may not be in a fixed location. > > > <snip> > > Or do we just not worry about it, & work on the idea that =yes is > > sufficient? > > > When I were a lad, we were taught to always look for the flags when going > to > any beach to swim, teaching personal responsibility and obey the flags > because > the lifesavers know that beach better. Therefore, actual flag positions > need > to be known as variable. > > However, tagging a beach that does have a SLSC is good because those > unfamiliar with the area, tourists say, or families with young children, > can > then preferentially choose such beaches. Similarly, the more adventurous, > or > those desiring solitude, can preferentially choose alternate locations. > > -- > Regards > Simon Slater > > Registered Linux User #463789 @ http://linuxcounter.net > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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