Well aeroway=helipad is documented on the wiki. Doesn't render currently though. Also I think that's intended to mark each single landing pad. I think if we can develop a consistent scheme then<div>aeroway=aerodrome</div>
<div>aerodrome=heliport</div><div>would be better for a whole facility. But where does it fit in the scale of importance for renderers to decide what zoom level it shows at?</div><div><br></div><div>Zeke</div><div><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:40 PM, John F. Eldredge <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com">john@jfeldredge.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Also, how would you tag facilities that have one or more helipads (landing pads for helicopters), but no runways for fixed-wing aircraft?<br>
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From: Steve Bennett <<a href="mailto:stevagewp@gmail.com">stevagewp@gmail.com</a>><br>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:56:27<br>
To: Tag discussion, strategy and related tools<<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Tagging] Aeroway=Aerodrome Modifier Tags?<br>
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On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 6:47 AM, Zeke Farwell <<a href="mailto:ezekielf@gmail.com">ezekielf@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
> You may or may not know that currently in OSM there is only one [rendered]<br>
> tag to describe the many different types of places where planes can take off<br>
> and land (aeroway=aerodrome). I'm trying to figure out how we can tag tiny<br>
> airstrips and gigantic international airports differently so that renders<br>
> can decide to show important aerodromes at high zoom levels and tiny,<br>
> unimportant ones only at low zoom levels.<br>
> Here are some tag ideas I'm toying with. These would all be modifiers for<br>
> aeroway=aerodrome:<br>
> aerodrome=airport (large aerodrome. many buildings. commercial flights.<br>
> international flights)<br>
> aerodrome=airfield (smaller aerodrome. few buildings)<br>
> aerodrome=airstrip (tiny aerodrome. basically just a runway, often just<br>
> a grass one)<br>
<br>
IMHO, if the only distinction between them is<br>
size/importance/hierarchy, then it just creates pain and confusion to<br>
create all these extra words, particularly for non-english speakers.<br>
Why not:<br>
<br>
aeroway=aerodrome<br>
importance=1<br>
importance=2<br>
etc.<br>
<br>
Make 5 intercontinental airports and 1 tiny amateur airfields. This<br>
also avoids the problem when Podunck Airfield is actually an<br>
international airport (yet "aerodrome=airfield" seems more intuitive),<br>
and removes a whole bunch of subjective issues to do with the<br>
connotations of each name.<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
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