Thanks fellas! Back to it, then :-)
Graeme On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 22:08, Sebastian S. <[email protected]> wrote: > I use a node for most. > Only if there is a distinct clearing in the middle of nowhere or a marked > helipad then I use an area. > > On 11 January 2020 8:56:01 pm AEDT, Andrew Harvey < > [email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sat, 11 Jan 2020 at 17:56, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Question re this Map Roulette task, thanks. >>> >>> I take it these details have come from a NPWS list of some form that >>> says there is a landing site at "this" spot. >>> >> >> Yes that's right. >> >> >>> So, even if it shows as just a patch of bare ground, we tag it as a >>> landing site? >>> >> >> This dataset is saying that the patch of bare ground is a landing site, >> either an emergency one or actual helipad. Remember we're not just mapping >> any available patch of bare ground as an emergency landing site, only those >> which NPWS have designated as emergency landing sites. >> >> >>> >>> Node or area? >>> >> >> Up to you both are fine, but unless there is some kind of boundary you >> can see I'd just go with a node. >> >> >>> >>> Of the few I've looked at, one was a very discernible flattened out >>> square of dirt which I tagged as an area, another was just a clearing in >>> the forest so I put a node there, while the third was just a spot in an >>> open paddock. >>> >>> & it would appear that emergency=landing_site doesn't render in any way >>> - does that matter? >>> >> >> That's okay, typically something only starts getting rendered by maps and >> apps once it has some usage, so actually mapping it helps justify getting >> it into maps and apps. >> >
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