[Tagging] informal helipads for emergency use
Richard Welty
rwelty at averillpark.net
Thu Mar 28 20:21:01 UTC 2013
i'm talking to a volunteer firefighter about various emergency issues.
one he brought up that
i'd not thought about before is what they call landing zones.
in rural areas, these are predetermined locations for helicopters to set
down to airlift out
urgent medical cases. they are not generally "official helipads", just
level grassy areas where
they have arrangements with the landowner. generally they also have
agreed upon names.
i'm thinking both areas and nodes, with tagging that looks something
like this:
aeroway=helipad
name=Fred's LZ
access=no
emergency=yes
surface=grass
does this seem reasonable?
thanks,
richard
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