<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px">Yes please only for official sites. We have to be careful to not indicate as an helipad if no official sign. In such cases, we use as a convention, leisure = common. The GIS specialists can then extract the info and analyze.<br><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10041"><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10048"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10241" dir="ltr">regard </div></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10242" class="signature"><span style="font-style:italic;color:rgb(0, 0, 191);font-weight:bold;"> <br><font face="garamond, new york, times, serif">Pierre </font><br></span></div><br> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10245" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10244" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10243" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10246" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">De :</span></b> Tom Taylor <tom.taylor.stds@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">À :</span></b> hot@openstreetmap.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Envoyé le :</span></b> Dimanche 3 mai 2015 13h10<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Objet :</span></b> Re: [HOT] Question on Nepal helicopter landing sites mapping<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430672920763_10247" class="y_msg_container"><br>I would go with Milo's approach. Leave "aeroway=helipad" for the <br clear="none">official sites.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Tom Taylor<br clear="none">TomT5454<br clear="none"><br clear="none">On 03/05/2015 11:53 AM, Michael Krämer wrote:<br clear="none">> Hi Milo and Sérgio,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> thank you both very much for your feedback. I think you gave perfect<br clear="none">> examples of the two different approaches that I<br clear="none">> came across:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Am 03.05.2015 um 17:35 schrieb S Volk:<br clear="none">>> For the other "possible" landing areas as said in instructions, in<br clear="none">>> hilly areas I try to find the higher and larger, clear but not too<br clear="none">>> far from village. Also with some support of helicopters websites as<br clear="none">>> quoted, Helicopters like Chinook may need wider area, but smaller<br clear="none">>> helipoters can land on smaller areas. It depends on conditions that<br clear="none">>> we can't decide from satellite.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Am 03.05.2015 um 17:10 schrieb Milo van der Linden:<br clear="none">>> I have been mapping "aeroway=helipad" in the following way:<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> 1. In JOSM, I draw a line 30m in diameter.<br clear="none">> > 2. Then I use "Create Circle" and add "aeroway=helipad"<br clear="none">> > 3. If it doesn't fit in the area where I drew the line, I use<br clear="none">> > "Copy" and delete the circle.<br clear="none">>> 4. I then move accross the map seeking potential spots. Once I see<br clear="none">>> one, I press "Paste" to see if the 30m diameter circle fits. If it<br clear="none">> > does, I leave it there or move it slightly to fit.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> So one approach is to have "leisure=common" areas adjusted to the local<br clear="none">> situation. The other approach is to have circles tagged with<br clear="none">> "aeroway=helipad".<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Since the two approaches are pretty different I really would like to<br clear="none">> know which one is the preferred one. Once this is sorted out we probably<br clear="none">> shoud align the mapping & tagging for easier extraction and processing.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Thanks,<br clear="none">> Michael<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">> HOT mailing list<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yqt0182223145" id="yqtfd17318"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">HOT mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:HOT@openstreetmap.org">HOT@openstreetmap.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>