Flag position will vary daily based on weather conditions, tides, rips, proximity to the toilets, other stuff?
I think you'd just need to mark the whole beach. Adam On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:04, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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