Isn't it always the case though that patrolled beaches will have flags and that is the area patrolled? My point is then what's the difference between `lifeguard=yes` and `lifeguard=yes @ flagged_area / red_and_yellow_flags`, to me they mean the same thing.
On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 18:06, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > That's it! > > Today the flags are here, tomorrow they may be 100m South, then the next > day they're 100m North of here, but the flags will always show where the > lifeguards are at any time. > > Thanks > > Graeme > > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 16:11, Adam Horan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I think I see. >> >> The lifeguards are where the flags are. >> The flags are somewhere on this beach. >> There'll be flags/lifeguards at certain times. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 17:08, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Agree entirely but I'm not trying to map the flags, I was trying to work >>> out a way of saying that the lifeguards are where the flags are? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Graeme >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 15:49, Adam Horan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> 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 <[email protected]> >>>>> 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 >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Talk-au mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-au mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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