I'd think that the rows of raised-textured paving can be mapped as a barrier, with access=emergency too.
I'm glad that the photos I added to the wiki confirm my memory that "fire path" is the word used on the signs. Was wondering where I got it from. Cheers, Jerry On 3 February 2017 at 12:20, Paul Berry <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Jerry. I thought the Nottingham features would get your attention > :) > > I'm surprised I missed the Fire Path page on the Wiki, but thanks for the > confirmation that fire_path=yes is the way to go. > > As for the textured paving, I'm not sure anything surface= > or traffic_calming= matches it, so I'll not tag it. > > (Out of interest, this Aberdeen one used to be a Fire Path, but the > emergency/access tags have not been updated accordingly: https://www. > openstreetmap.org/way/124065409) > > Regards, > *Paul* > > > > On 3 February 2017 at 11:17, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looks like a documented on the wiki: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org >> /wiki/Fire_Path >> >> On 3 February 2017 at 11:15, SK53 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The tag that I have used for such things is fire_path=yes. >>> >>> There are 4 uses of the tag in Nottingham and 2 in Aberdeen. There are >>> several others not tagged (including the two recent ones you mention), for >>> instance this one <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/43328389> where >>> Suez Street joins North Gate outside Port Said Villas (I wonder when these >>> streets were built). >>> >>> The structures involved may be as illustrated by Paul. The older >>> Nottingham ones tend to have a zone of the wavy block paving which is >>> 10-15ft long and thus not a normal road in any sense. Other fire paths I've >>> seen involve two locked boom gates. >>> >>> Jerry >>> >>> On 2 February 2017 at 22:20, Paul Berry <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> Fire roads are an uncommon sight in the UK. They're sometimes signed as >>>> "fire lanes," but they're nothing to do with the designation in the US (and >>>> elsewhere) which is a parking restriction: https://wiki.open >>>> streetmap.org/wiki/Key:parking:lane and we're also not talking about >>>> the wide tracks in managed forests that act as a firebreak. >>>> >>>> I mean restricted highways like this one: >>>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/240007969 (whose source links to >>>> photo evidence). >>>> >>>> How do we map these? I assume service=emergency_access? >>>> >>>> Also, how is the embedded roughly-textured paving in that photo best >>>> represented? >>>> >>>> There are some similar ones in Nottingham, notably at Addington Road >>>> and Wimbourne Road there, though they're not mapped as such. >>>> >>>> Your advice and guidance gratefully received. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> *Paul* >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Talk-GB mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb >>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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