The tag military=bunker is used not only for true bunkers, but for "any kind of military installation built to withstand an attack." - quote from https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:military%3Dbunker
- Joseph Eisenberg On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 12:10 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 19:55 stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> wrote: > >> . And if it was historically a bunker, OSM should strive to tag this, >> I'm not exactly sure of the right mix of military=bunker and historic=yes >> flavors that might be absolutely correct, but something like those if not >> exactly those. Though historic=ruins seems correct, too, so perhaps better >> than "yes." >> > > Technically this and most of what the public refers to as military bunkers > aren't bunkers. > > Many of the larger ones are casemated Coast Artillery gun positions and > their magazines. These are protected to a degree better than a "bunker" > from above, but had openings to seaward to fire which had only > splinter-proof shielding, and these were not refuges for personel, so not > true 'bunkers', they were fighting positions. > > Devil's Slide was a protected Fire Control post for Coast Artillery, and > included a radar. (One could almost classify the radar control point as a > bunker, as it had no windows nor fire ports, but again it's not a refuge.) > > http://www.fortwiki.com/Devil%27s_Slide_Military_Reservation > > I am a member of the Coast Defense Study Group (cdsg.org) as well as OSM. > We study and seek to preserve these structures and the memories of those > who built and served in them. One of our members was recently authorized to > inspect Devil's Slide Reservation and reported on its current condition > (and history) in an illustrated article in our Coast Defense Studies > Journal. In addition to no-access signage it is gated and fenced. Tourist > Safety is dubiously best as most of the handrails and safety lines are gone > or deficient. > > (The nice thing about touring these sites with CDSG conferences - aside > from knowledgeable companions - is that we negotiate "Authorized Persons > Only" access, for which we sign copious liability waivers, and we equip and > conduct ourselves appropriately for the expected hazards: hard hats or > better, construction boots (or sometimes wellies/waders!), gloves, > torches/flashlights, etc.) > > // Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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