[talk-au] highway=safe_t_cam in Australian Tagging Guidelines

[Bob Cameron]

I think it is time to get a wider consensus on this and perhaps update 
the wiki.

I also heard a truck driver complain the other day that he was (mail) 
booked for crossing the fogline and was photographed by one of these 
cameras. I'd expect that every vehicle is photographed, OCR 
automatically done, shape/position loading noted and flagged, no matter 
what the claim by govt. I note that Qld also has general "traffic 
cameras" which no doubt do the same thing. It's too rich a resource not 
to exploit,.

I am suggesting that the naming be far wider than just speed management.

On 15/2/21 10:25 am, cleary wrote:
> Agree that "highway:speed_camera" is better.  Especially since I think some of them measure speed at the location as well as time between locations.
>
>
> On Mon, 15 Feb 2021, at 10:16 AM, Ian Steer wrote:
>>> Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2021 23:24:56 +1100
>>> From: Bob Cameron <bob3bob3 at skymesh.com.au>
>>> To: OSM Australian Talk List <talk-au at openstreetmap.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [talk-au] highway=safe_t_cam in Australian Tagging
>>> 	Guidelines
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>>> I just had cause to map one from today's imagery. -34.696242,146.341139
>>>
>>> It was already present as highway:speed_camera
>>>
>>> I changed to highway:safe_t_cam and retained the maxspeed:100kph. It changed the the feature type to Highway Feature.
>>>
>>> Just checking if correct..
>>
>>
>> I question this whole "safe_t_cam" terminology.  Here in WA they are
>> never referred to as "safe_t_cams".  I suspect it is  made-up name by
>> the local police department to try and make it look like the purpose of
>> them is for the safety of road users, and not revenue raising.
>>
>> I think something more generic like "highway:speed_camera" is a much
>> more generic tag suitable for all jurisdictions.
>>
>> Ian
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