[talk-au] Fire Station Operators

[Andrew Harvey]

On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 22:40, Sebastian Spiess <mapping at consebt.de> wrote:

> I've done a few. Two raised questions.
>
> Narrabri - There are two fire ' services'  according to LPI map. How to
> tag them?
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/79336523


Looks like there is a Fire Control Center there, I'd just tag that building
as office=government + operator + name, since they have more of an office
function.


>
>
> and RAYMOND TERRACE Fire Station - This seems to be and old fire station
> as according to https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/news.php?news=608
> a new one was built. I can't tell if the old one was closed down.
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/79336870


If you're not sure and street level imagery doesn't help, just mark it as
too hard and skip it. You can create a note so that someone with local
knowledge can help.

>
>
>
> Am 2020-01-08 21:24, schrieb Andrew Harvey:
> > If someone has carefully surveyed the name as signposted I leave that
> > intact. branch is not mandatory but helpful since consumers can choose
> > how they want to format the such as "Narooma", "Narooma RFS", "Narooma
> > Rural Fire Brigade", etc. especially when combined with operator. The
> > whole point was to be neutral on the exact name format and not engage
> > in a mass edit to reformat them to be the same, but instead respect
> > names will look different based on signage.
> >
> > On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 21:05, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have used the LPI Base Map for both name and operator, see
> >>
> >> Way: Narooma Fire Station (761122699) [operator fire & rescue]
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> Way: Narooma Rural Fire Service (761122698)
> >>
> >> I do not bother with the 'branch' as that is usually the leading
> >> value in the name and probably the same as the areas administration
> >> name too.
> >>
> >> The LPI Base Map also gives the area so it can be mapped as a way.
> >>
> >> On 08/01/20 16:13, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
> >>
> >> No, just confirming details was all I was thinking about!
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Graeme
> >>
> >> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 14:57, Andrew Harvey
> >> <andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's normally considered okay to check a business website as a
> >> reference and picking up their contact details, but to err on the
> >> side of caution taking a whole database from fire.nsw.gov.au [1] and
> >> mass importing is not advised.
> >>
> >> So I'd suggest not just copying everything from that website. For
> >> the RFS operated fire stations normally the name will indicate this,
> >> or a quick look at google search results may also indicate,
> >> sometimes it's visible on Mapillary based on the signage.
> >>
> >> On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 15:39, Graeme Fitzpatrick
> >> <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Just a thought?
> >>
> >> Are we allowed to use  https://www.fire.nsw.gov.au/page.php?id=467
> >> or not?
> >>
> >> I've thinking we would still need permission & waiver?
> >>
> >> Big question, I guess, is - are we commercial or not?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Graeme
> >
> >
> >
> > Links:
> > ------
> > [1] http://fire.nsw.gov.au
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