Well aeroway=helipad is documented on the wiki. Doesn't render currently though. Also I think that's intended to mark each single landing pad. I think if we can develop a consistent scheme then aeroway=aerodrome aerodrome=heliport would be better for a whole facility. But where does it fit in the scale of importance for renderers to decide what zoom level it shows at?
Zeke On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:40 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com>wrote: > Also, how would you tag facilities that have one or more helipads (landing > pads for helicopters), but no runways for fixed-wing aircraft? > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com > "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not > to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:56:27 > To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools<tagging@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Aeroway=Aerodrome Modifier Tags? > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Zeke Farwell <ezeki...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > You may or may not know that currently in OSM there is only one > [rendered] > > tag to describe the many different types of places where planes can take > off > > and land (aeroway=aerodrome). I'm trying to figure out how we can tag > tiny > > airstrips and gigantic international airports differently so that renders > > can decide to show important aerodromes at high zoom levels and tiny, > > unimportant ones only at low zoom levels. > > Here are some tag ideas I'm toying with. These would all be modifiers > for > > aeroway=aerodrome: > > aerodrome=airport (large aerodrome. many buildings. commercial > flights. > > international flights) > > aerodrome=airfield (smaller aerodrome. few buildings) > > aerodrome=airstrip (tiny aerodrome. basically just a runway, often > just > > a grass one) > > IMHO, if the only distinction between them is > size/importance/hierarchy, then it just creates pain and confusion to > create all these extra words, particularly for non-english speakers. > Why not: > > aeroway=aerodrome > importance=1 > importance=2 > etc. > > Make 5 intercontinental airports and 1 tiny amateur airfields. This > also avoids the problem when Podunck Airfield is actually an > international airport (yet "aerodrome=airfield" seems more intuitive), > and removes a whole bunch of subjective issues to do with the > connotations of each name. > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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