[talk-au] Importing 200 emergency markers?

[Ewen Hill]

  Hi Kim,
   I don't think these are standard emergency markers as per EMV/ETSA. They
are normally green with white writing with the three letter id and are one
of two specific styles
<https://www.mapillary.com/app/user/tastrax?lat=-37.044177777778025&lng=146.04443333333006&z=17&pKey=578355906539998&focus=photo&mapStyle=Mapillary+satellite&x=0.3424026028529852&y=0.6120759619632152&zoom=0.9900049233549993>(this
one is just outside Mansfield). Whilst the local fire brigades and Belgrave
/ Emerald ambulance stations may have local instructions, I don't think
these are generally available on all emergency services platforms. These
appear to be more internal references for PBR and at eight locations per km
approximately, they are significantly more densely packed than any other
emergency marker identifier.

   It might be worthwhile obtaining the standard waver from PBR which could
confirm the status of the markers as well. As they are not standard,
perhaps consider adding a few more fields, colour=white, source= and if
they are all on the telephone poles, perhaps identify this as well as
man_made=utility_pole, utility=telecom.

This is a good exercise and I hope you are not deterred.

and this is a trestle bridge!
https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-37.743955555556&lng=148.04658333333&z=17&pKey=4226447237419785&focus=photo

Ewen


On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 22:12, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au <
talk-au at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

>
>
> On 26/11/21 9:09 pm, Andrew Davidson wrote:
> > On 26/11/21 18:48, Kim Oldfield via Talk-au wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> The markers were installed by the railway, and are maintained by the
> >> railway. They are pole numbers attached to each telegraph pole along
> >> the railway.
> >
> > So they are pole reference numbers that are being used as emergency
> > markers?
>
> Yes.
>
> Being used by the Railway and ESTA as emergency markers.
>
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Warm Regards

Ewen Hill
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