On 15 October 2012 20:08, Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > I don't understand why emergency vehicles are so important in this > discussion. In the first place they have wide-ranging exemptions from > traffic rules, which (let's be honest) we are never going to tag in OSM. > Secondly they are never going to be relying on OSM data (or indeed any > normal sat-nav) for lane-precise routing. They are trained to use their eyes > and brains to make split-second decisions on what is safe and an acceptable > risk under the circumstances of that moment. Thirdly, they will be about > 0.0000000001% of the potential users of OSM data - why should we compromise > "service" to the vast majority of real users for the hypothetical benefit of > the very few.
To be able to do proper routing for emergency vehicles perhaps it would be a good idea to introduce something like landuse=highway that would denote an area suitable for motor vehicles and that is free of physical obstacles. /Markus _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
