[Tagging] airstrip vs runway

Andrew Davidson theswavu at gmail.com
Tue Oct 17 07:55:11 UTC 2017



On 17/10/17 15:55, Warin wrote:
> It seams in New Zealand that these were originally tagged as aerodromes 
> but they were changed to airstrip to stop the rendering of so many 
> aerodromes at low zoom levels.

If you were looking for textbook examples of tagging for the renderer 
this would be an ideal candidate.

> Tagging them as aerodromes for me implies some services

Why? An aerodrome is an "area on land or water intended to be used 
either wholly or in part for the arrival, departure and surface movement 
of aircraft"[1]. The only service guaranteed at an aerodrome is the 
ability to arrive or depart by air and even then that depends on your 
aircraft.


> -----------------------
> Slightly off topic - youtube video
> Landing at Ononge Papua New Guinea. Note the approach over the village, 
> clearly showing;
> why there are no 'residential' roads and why there are so many showing 
> up in the tool for 'missmapped villages'.
> why they are not aerodromes

Why is this not an aerodrome? It's got a cleared area that's been 
levelled and marked out for landing and take off and a windsock to let 
you know which way the wind is blowing. Not only that, Ononge has been 
assigned ICAO (AYQQ) and IATA (ONB) codes.


[1] This doesn't quite line up with aeroway=aerodrome as the OSM 
definition leaves out the intent part.



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