Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-25 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 24. Apr 2017, at 21:34, Micah Cochran wrote: > > Existing features that are slightly similar: > 1. amenity=shelter with shelter_type=weather_shelter is for a wilderness hut > to get out of the rain or a thunderstorm. > 2. amenity=social_facility + social_facility=shelt

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-24 Thread Micah Cochran
> Similar to public fallout shelters in the US > The closest evacuation center to my house has different “classifications” listed - as in what kinds disasters it is good for. this means if we are tagging evacuation sites - there needs to be some kind of usage/shelter type / disaster type data. O

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-22 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 23. Apr 2017, at 02:35, Greg Troxel wrote: > > certainly the management hierarchy of anything doesn't > belong on the map clearly we are already doing it, e.g. admin_level, building=cathedral vs. church, etc. cheers, Martin

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-22 Thread Greg Troxel
Tom Pfeifer writes: > On 18.04.2017 02:24, Greg Troxel wrote: >> ... Having a functioning command and >> communication structure is key in modern emergency management. >> >> Or perhaps you see emergency management as different from people ready >> to provide direct assistance while operating at

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-20 Thread John Willis
> On Apr 18, 2017, at 9:24 AM, Greg Troxel wrote: > > Another thing to think about is the planned location of shelters, and to > tag places that are pre-designated as possible shelters if a region or a country has designated evacuation sites/refuges/shelters/ for evacuees to use, mapping them

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-18 Thread Tom Pfeifer
On 18.04.2017 01:26, Warin wrote: On 17-Apr-17 09:55 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: emergency=disaster_response The specific national service could be subtagged, such as disaster_response=* Why not use the present operator tag to specify the organisation? Yes of course, good point. ... for the off

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 18. Apr 2017, at 02:24, Greg Troxel wrote: > > In the US: > > Emergency is an immediate threat to life or property. this must be a historic definition, the current state of emergency in the US endures since 2001, or maybe the meaning of "immediate" has changed? ch

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-17 Thread Greg Troxel
Tom Pfeifer writes: > There was a discussion recently, though I cannot find it, about 'civil > defense'-like services, responding to major emergencies. > > They still lack an internationally suitable tag. There is an > Australian attempt (emergency=ses_station) that gains some > international in

Re: [Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-17 Thread Warin
On 17-Apr-17 09:55 PM, Tom Pfeifer wrote: There was a discussion recently, though I cannot find it, about 'civil defense'-like services, responding to major emergencies. They still lack an internationally suitable tag. There is an Australian attempt (emergency=ses_station) that gains some int

[Tagging] Disaster response

2017-04-17 Thread Tom Pfeifer
There was a discussion recently, though I cannot find it, about 'civil defense'-like services, responding to major emergencies. They still lack an internationally suitable tag. There is an Australian attempt (emergency=ses_station) that gains some international interest, though it is an incompr