[talk-au] Gravel pits?

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts.

Warin - you reckon not map them?

Sebastian - as Michael said, both temp & permanent but *much* bigger than a
sandbox!

Here's one that I spotted while mapping t'other day, that got me wondering
about them.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/edit?relation=6007743#map=19/-36.41030/148.59385


I know that in remote areas, they're often used as impromptu camping
grounds, being somewhere that you can pull up, usually out of view of the
road, & stop for the night.

Kevin - I've never heard of them referred to as gravel stacks, only ever
pits? Maybe a State thing?

Thanks

Graeme


On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 11:52, Kevin Pye <kevin.pye at gmail.com> wrote:

> The term you're looking for is "gravel stack". A gravel pit is indeed a
> quarry -- but that's something else.
>
> Kevin.
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> On Mon, 17 Feb 2020 at 12:31, Michael James <michael at techdrive.com.au>
> wrote:
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>> As someone who drives a lot of country highways they are both temporary
>> and permanent.
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>> *From:* Sebastian S. <mapping at consebt.de>
>> *Sent:* Monday, 17 February 2020 11:11 AM
>> *To:* talk-au at openstreetmap.org; Graeme Fitzpatrick <
>> graemefitz1 at gmail.com>; OSM-Au <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] Gravel pits?
>>
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>> Is this a temporary thing?
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>> Or is this similar to sand boxes they (used to) have next to rail lines?
>> (For traction in winter)
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>> On 17 February 2020 10:14:47 am AEDT, Graeme Fitzpatrick <
>> graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What do we map gravel pits as? (Areas off the side of a main road, used
>> by Dept of Transport Main Roads to dump gravel etc for road building /
>> repairs)
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>> Quarry seems a bit excessive!
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>> Depot doesn't really cut-it either as there's nothing there except for a
>> pile of dirt.
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>> & is this another Aussie-only?
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>> Thanks
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>>
>> Graeme
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