[talk-au] emergency highway airstrips

Andrew Davidson theswavu at gmail.com
Mon Oct 16 21:24:27 UTC 2023


https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dhighway_strip

On Mon, 16 Oct 2023, 20:18 Warin, <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi
>
> How do we tag emergency highway airstrips, as used by the RFDS? I
> thought this was documented on the Australian tagging guidelines but I
> cannot see it..
>
> I have used this as an example
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/493146070
>
> for a rough area cleared for the wings and a turning area.
>
> aeroway     aerodrome
> military     airfield
> name     Royal Flying Doctor Service Emergency Airstrip Stuart Highway
> wikipedia     en:Highway strip#Australia
>
>
> together with
>
>
> https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/493146071
>
> for the centre line of the runway itself. Note the highway exists as a
> separate way.
>
> aeroway     runway
> ref     13/31
> source     survey
> surface     asphalt
>
>
> -----------------
>
> Anyone have thought on this? I'm not certain of
>
> military     airfield .. may not always be military though this area is
> surrounded by it.
>
> name     Royal Flying Doctor Service Emergency Airstrip Stuart Highway
> .. more of a description possibly operator???
>
>
> Once this is discussed .. then I'll put it in the Aust. Tagging
> Guidelines thingy.
>
>
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