On 19 June 2018 at 23:41, Tod Fitch <t...@fitchdesign.com> wrote: > > FWIW, I volunteer on a back country ski patrol (winter rescue) and while > we have a building we use as our base of operations the areas we patrol are > very dependent on snow pack and where we notice people going to. Your > concept of lifeguard=area could possibly be applied to our situation. That > said, mapping an exact boundary of the area served would be very > problematic: Unlike a developed ski area there are no signs indicating you > are leaving the the official boundaries. It is, after all, undeveloped > “back country”. > > The boundary issue may also apply to lifeguards on the beach: Both to the > north and south of the beaches in the town I live in there is no clear > demarcation of where the area served ends (no signs, etc.). Having a few > years of observation and having talked to some of the year round > lifeguards, I have a general feel for the areas but not exact enough to map. > > And it may well be seasonal: Most of the lifeguards work only in summer as > that is when the crowds are largest and the city (local beach by me) and > the state (beaches to the north and south of the city) save money by having > a greatly reduced staff and thus coverage in the off season. >
That's the problem I have with only trying to map an area, or undefined place - just don't think it will work? > Southern California. Two things probably contribute to the local practice: > Lack of crowds during winter and winter storms typically do the most damage > to beach side facilities. I am not even sure that other beach towns near by > follow the same practice, only that the town I live in does. > > So the photos on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aemergency%3Dlifeguard_tower & https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aemergency%3Dlifeguard_platform would be your sort of mobile towers?
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