[Tagging] Lifeguards & "Swim Between the Flags"

[marcel at dejean.nyc]

In New York City, during the swimming season, red flags mark closed
sections of the swimming beaches that are not patrolled by lifeguards.

-Marcel

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 2:01 AM Graeme Fitzpatrick - graemefitz1 at
gmail.com <ra+mvrddgxfqsoryewldnydpsk at simplelogin.co> wrote:

> We've recently had the conversation on the AU list
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2021-October/015190.html
> over the best way of showing that a beach is patrolled by lifeguards, & it
> was suggested that we also need an international viewpoint, as things may
> be done differently overseas?
>
> I created lifeguard=yes to show that a beach is patrolled by lifeguards,
> but that they may not be in a fixed location each day.
>
> On Australian beaches, the first thing the lifeguards do each morning is
> survey the beach to determine the safest swimming area, & then mark that
> area with a pair of red & yellow flags. From an early age, all Aussie kids
> are taught to "swim between the flags", & it is also mentioned on
> international flights coming in to tourist destinations.
>
> I was wondering if, instead of, or in addition to?, a simple lifeguard=yes
> (which means that there could be a lifeguard anywhere on the beach), it
> would be better marked as something like lifeguard=flagged_area /
> red_and_yellow_flags, which means that the lifeguards are at the spot where
> the flags are (wherever that is today), so that is where you should swim.
>
> NB, I am not suggesting marking the flags as a node, as they will usually
> move to a different spot every day, but trying to say that the lifeguards
> are at the flags.
>
> What arrangement do you have for your patrolled beaches, & would this be
> helpful?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
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