Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Warin
On 17/2/20 5:25 pm, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: Thanks everyone for your thoughts. Warin - you reckon not map them? If they are permanent then they should be mapped. Can be usefull navigational points on a map. Sebastian - as Michael said, both temp & permanent but /much/ bigger than a

Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
Thanks everyone for your thoughts. Warin - you reckon not map them? Sebastian - as Michael said, both temp & permanent but *much* bigger than a sandbox! Here's one that I spotted while mapping t'other day, that got me wondering about them.

Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Kevin Pye
The term you're looking for is "gravel stack". A gravel pit is indeed a quarry -- but that's something else. Kevin. On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 12:31, Michael James wrote: > As someone who drives a lot of country highways they are both temporary > and permanent. > > > > > > > > *From:* Sebastian S.

Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Michael James
As someone who drives a lot of country highways they are both temporary and permanent. From: Sebastian S. Sent: Monday, 17 February 2020 11:11 AM To: talk-au@openstreetmap.org; Graeme Fitzpatrick ; OSM-Au Subject: Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits? Is this a temporary thing? Or is this similar to

Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Sebastian S.
Is this a temporary thing? Or is this similar to sand boxes they (used to) have next to rail lines? (For traction in winter) On 17 February 2020 10:14:47 am AEDT, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: >What do we map gravel pits as? (Areas off the side of a main road, used >by >Dept of Transport Main

[talk-au] Gravel pits?

2020-02-16 Thread Graeme Fitzpatrick
What do we map gravel pits as? (Areas off the side of a main road, used by Dept of Transport Main Roads to dump gravel etc for road building / repairs) Quarry seems a bit excessive! Depot doesn't really cut-it either as there's nothing there except for a pile of dirt. & is this another

Re: [talk-au] South Australian bushfire imagery

2020-02-16 Thread Andrew Harvey
I've added new imagery and changed the URL for iD/JOSM, see https://osmlab.github.io/editor-layer-index/ for the latest. On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 at 12:29, Ewen Hill wrote: > A big thank you to Andrew Harvey and ARA Airborne Research Australia for > their bushfire imagery of the Adelaide hills and