hello folks, first RFC here!
Proposal to add a tag to map "A device put on public land used for
notifying a fire department of a fire."
Full proposal here:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/fire_alarm_box
Add a tag for fire alarm call boxes. A fire alarm box, fire alarm call
On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 4:00 PM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> is this intended only for those alarm boxes that directly notify a fire
> department or would those for local systems count as well (e.g. ring an
> alarm bell)?
>
These are to call the fire department only.
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On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 5:33 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick
wrote:
> Do we also use this tag to tag the "In case of fire, break glass" alarms
> eg https://goo.gl/images/4qVSgc, that are found throughout public access
> buildings eg hospitals, high rise offices, hotels, universities etc?
>
IMO to add those
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 5:40 AM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
>
> it is exactly the same thing . I would also include those in private
> buildings, there’s no difference.
>
I can see how one would think they are the same. To a first respondent,
they have few important differences that may not be vis
On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 1:06 PM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> I think you have to make it clear if it should be limited to public alarms
> on the street, or any alarm box could get the tag including those in
> buildings, and if it is the former the tag should get a different name,
> while the tag n
Hello folks,
the fire alarm box tag has been in RFC status for a while and all the
concerns raised have been addressed.
Here is the proposal
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/fire_alarm_box
Please leave your votes and comments.
/stef
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On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 8:16 AM Paul Allen wrote:
> Ambulance stations
> (like fire stations) are places where people should be aware that high
> speed emergency
> vehicles may suddenly appear from.
>
This is a factor but not the main one for using emergency=fire_station or
ambulance. These ameni
Hello folks,
i'm a bit confused about how to map soft story buildings. The Wikipedia
definition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_story_building is
soft story building is a multi-story building in which one or more floors
have windows, wide doors, large unobstructed commercial spaces, or other
o
On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 1:17 AM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> no, this clearly isn’t a suitable key because the soft story property from
> what you wrote above is about a structural detail in some floors while
> building structure is about the general structural system of a building or
> part of i
On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 2:19 PM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> It is at least debatable, I know there are some people who love long
> structured tags, although this idea is in a minority in Osm tagging, most
> people do not use tags like this. It doesn’t seem necessary in this case to
> use a struc
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 1:17 AM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> indeed, that's what I was suspecting. Would it be possible to give mappers
> summary advice on a short wikipage how to identify potential soft storey
> buildings? Or is this something that requires expert training?
>
This requires expe
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 12:58 AM Michael Patrick
wrote:
> Because their may not have been very many of these left after multiple
> earthquakes?
>
Interesting theory :) There are hundreds of thousands of these sort of
buildings in California alone: it's a pretty big deal.
First, it might be noti
On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 3:44 PM Martin Koppenhoefer
wrote:
> usually the answer to this is we do not want to be merely redistributing
> authoritative data that OSM mappers can not improve.
Sorry, I am not making myself clear enough. This data can be modified and
improved by OSM mappers. It's no
Hello folks,
I put together a proposal page after our conversations on the list[1].
There doesn't seem to be a strong opinion in favor or against
building:soft_storey as a key, and given that the key is already in
use[2], I suggest we use it.
The proposal page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.or
Hello folks,
discussion is tapering off on
The proposal page:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/building:soft_storey
Definition: a type of construction where any one floor is
significantly more flexible (less stiff) than those above and below it
If there are no more obj
On 2/3/19 3:13 AM, marc marc wrote:
if the goal is to define the seismic quality of a building,
That's not the goal. The goal is to have an easy way to identify
buildings that are more likely to require attention in the immediate
aftermath of an earthquake.
wouldn't it
be better to have a
Thanks to all who contributed to refine the proposal. I addressed all
the concerns raised on the talk page on on the mailing list. I opened
the voting phase today on
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_featur/building:soft_storey
Definition: a type of construction where any one floor
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