On 10/09/19 17:35, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:
I've started a new proposal for Key:aerodrome.
See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Key:aerodrome
This proposal uses aerodrome=* for classification of an
aeroway=aerodrome as an international airport, other commercial
airport, general aviation aerodrome, private aerodrome, or airstrip.
It would deprecate aeroway=airstrip and aerodrome:type=*
Values to be approved:
* aerodrome=international - already common
* aerodrome=commercial - new tag
* aerodrome=general_aviation - new tag (default type)
* aerodrome=private - already common
* aerodrome=airstrip
Currently the IATA code is quite helpful for finding commercial
airports which offer scheduled passenger flights, but a few aerodromes
with an IATA code do not have commercial flights.
It would be helpful to know which airports have international flights,
and the tag aerodrome=international has already been used over 1000
times.
aerodrome=airstrip is better than aeroway=airstrip, because an
airstrip is still a type of aerodrome.
aerodrome=private is already widely used, but I'm also recommending
adding access=*
Here there are 'international' and 'domestic' airports. I think 'domestic'
might be better than 'commercial'???
I have no idea what a 'aerodrome=private' is. I think this could include
airports used for skydiving .. so open to the public. Arr it is also on the
proposal page sorry. It is a confusing value, no idea of a better term. There
are also sailplane airstrips used to launch and land sailplanes. The launching
may be done by a 'tug' aircraft. They can be open to the public for joy flights
in tandem sailplanes.
Many outback homesteads (ranches) have an airstrip for their own use. This use
can be to get to the shops, the neighbours, mail deliveries, farm duties and
for the flying doctor. This goes beyond the proposaled aerodrome=airstrip, in
that it has more uses and also usually provides refuelling and basic primitive
aircraft services.
I think the reason why aeroway=airstrip is use is so that it does not render
until zoomed in. Yes, a rendering issue taken care of by tagging.
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