[talk-au] Lifeguards & "Swim Between the Flags"

[Andrew Harvey]

I'm with Ben, I feel it's sufficient to tag on the beach.

Isn't it always the case in Australia that there will be flags if patrolled
and that you should swim between the flags?

For long beaches we may already split the feature into different named
beaches, so you could do the same if only part of the beach is patrolled.

On Wed, 20 Oct 2021 at 11:05, Ben Kelley <ben.kelley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> In my experience, the actual location of flags on any given day can vary a
> lot (according to the conditions). I don't think there is any benefit in
> trying to mark on the map where the flags are.
>
> I think it is useful to know that this beach may have a lifeguard, as
> opposed to knowing that this beach never has a lifeguard.
>
>  - Ben Kelley.
> On 20/10/21 09:54, Graeme Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> A little while back, I put the emergency=lifeguard proposal through,
> together with lifeguard=yes to describe those times when there is a
> lifeguard/s on the beach, but they may not be in a fixed location.
>
> Have just started actually using them while I've been fixing GC beaches &
> realised that it's not quite right.
>
> Rather than just lifeguard=yes to show that there's a lifeguard here
> somewhere, we should have some way of saying that the lifeguards are where
> the flags are i.e. "Swim Between the Flags".
>
> How?
>
> Would lifeguard=yes @ flagged_area / red_and_yellow_flags work?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Or do we just not worry about it, & work on the idea that =yes is
> sufficient?
>
> Thanks
>
> Graeme
>
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