<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Wikipedia calls them "mounting blocks" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounting_block">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounting_block</a> <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I spotted a new ish concrete one the other day which had an official looking "horse riders may mount here" sign above it, but I don't think those signs are in the HM Sign Manual. I prefer "mount" to "dismount" and it might reflect the intended purpose of it, it's easier to fall off than climb on the beasts! <br></div><div><br></div><div>Going back to the wikipedia page, these block steps are not only horse specific, but could have been used to get into carts and buggies, too. <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Tim<br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 August 2018 at 01:32, Warin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com" target="_blank">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 27/08/18 23:28, Andy Townsend wrote:<br>
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On 27/08/18 13:32, Edward Catmur wrote:<br>
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amenity=horse_dismount_block has 4 occurrences, all in the north of England.<br>
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I think I'm responsible for half of those - happy to pick a different tag if someone's got a better idea!<br>
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There are actually a selection of tags used for this sort of thing:<br>
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-- Horse mounting blocks<br>
-- <br>
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if (( keyvalues["amenity"] == "mounting_block" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["bridleway"] == "mounting_block" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["historic"] == "mounting_block" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["horse"] == "mounting_block" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["horse"] == "mounting block" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["amenity"] == "mounting_step" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["amenity"] == "mounting_steps" ) or<br>
( keyvalues["amenity"] == "horse_dismount_block" )) then<br>
keyvalues["man_made"] = "mounting_block"<br>
end<br>
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<a href="https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/SomeoneElse-style/blob/master/style.lua#L2211" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/SomeoneElse<wbr>OSM/SomeoneElse-style/blob/<wbr>master/style.lua#L2211</a> <br>
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all very low usage.<br>
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horse=* is used as an access thing .. so I'd not encourage its use for other things.<br>
e.g. there exists horse=dismount .. I think that means the rider must get off the horse to proceed .. an access condition, not a facility to assist dismounting.<br>
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I'll raise it on the tagging list and see what they come up with.<br>
My personal preference at the moment is for man_made=mounting_steps. But that is just me.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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