Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

On Thu, 25 Aug 2022 at 11:43, Josh Marshall wrote: > > I tasked the kid with drawing the ideal surf map, and he’s really stuck > into it… and it’s given me more to think about how the features should be > drawn. > Please do share when ready, as I am also well & truly *not* a surfer! (I'm actuall

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

Hi Graeme and all, I tasked the kid with drawing the ideal surf map, and he’s really stuck into it… and it’s given me more to think about how the features should be drawn. On 25 Aug 2022, at 9:20 am, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote: Wondering whether you need to have conditional at all? How about sp

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 23:00, Josh Marshall wrote: > The primary "conditions" are swell direction and size, wind direction and > tide. I have yet to fully think them through, but my instinction is to do > it in a fashion similar to `:conditional` ( > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Conditiona

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

Hi Frederik, At first I was a little annoyed at what I thought to be obvious things to consider in your message, as what I am trying to do with this discussion is exactly to cover those issues... but I always run a little search first, and that very much changed my tune to saying I am quite honour

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

On 24/8/22 20:45, Frederik Ramm wrote: Hi, non-Australian and non-surfer here but please remember that stuff you map in OSM must be reasonably verifiable. If you map a great surf spot which only exists when some external conditions align, then it might be hard for others to verify (they'd

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

Hi Folks, It might also be good to see how current surf sites rate and classify breaks and try and incorporate common language in the tagging https://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Australia_Pacific/Australia/TAS/Hobart/index.html https://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Australia_Pacific/Australia/TAS/

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

Hi, non-Australian and non-surfer here but please remember that stuff you map in OSM must be reasonably verifiable. If you map a great surf spot which only exists when some external conditions align, then it might be hard for others to verify (they'd have to wait for the conditions to align)

Re: [talk-au] Mapping surf breaks

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 at 14:24, Andrew Harvey wrote: > > Points or areas should be good. Would linear ways make sense sometimes? > Right hand side could indicate direction waves break? > How would you go with areas that only work on occasion, usually when the wind & waves are just right e.g. https