On 24/8/22 20:45, Frederik Ramm wrote:
Hi,
non-Australian and non-surfer here but please remember that stuff you
map in OSM must be reasonably verifiable.
If you map a great surf spot which only exists when some external
conditions align, then it might be hard for others to verify (they'd
have to wait for the conditions to align).
As a non-surfer I would assume that "the wind and waves are just
right" is something that could make a perfect surf spot nearly
everywhere, and surfers would not be helped by a map showing lots of
spots that might be great if "the wind and waves are just right" ;)
Mapping the typical would be what interest most as that would be the
more frequent thing and therefore the most usefull.
Using conditional tagging it should be possible to specify the right
conditions.???
Something like
waterway:conditional=surf_break @ NE swell
surf_break=right
I'd assume that the local swell is more important than the local wind?
Verifiable ... well non surfers won't be that interested particularly if
it does not render on common maps. That also reduces the number of non
surfers who would use the tags to get something on the map. So I think
only the surfers will be looking at these and they should understand the
verification of them and if they are infrequent then they may not be of
much interest unless significant enough to have a reputation, and that
reputation should be enough to verify the mapping.
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