[Talk-GB] Mapping horse steps?

[Tim Waters]

Wikipedia calls them "mounting blocks"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mounting_block

I spotted a new ish concrete one the other day which had an official
looking "horse riders may mount here" sign above it, but I don't think
those signs are in the HM Sign Manual.  I prefer "mount" to "dismount" and
it might reflect the intended purpose of it, it's easier to fall off than
climb on the beasts!

Going back to the wikipedia page, these block steps are not only horse
specific, but could have been used to get into carts and buggies, too.


Tim


On 28 August 2018 at 01:32, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 27/08/18 23:28, Andy Townsend wrote:
>
>> On 27/08/18 13:32, Edward Catmur wrote:
>>
>>> amenity=horse_dismount_block has 4 occurrences, all in the north of
>>> England.
>>>
>>
>> I think I'm responsible for half of those - happy to pick a different tag
>> if someone's got a better idea!
>>
>> There are actually a selection of tags used for this sort of thing:
>>
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----------------
>> -- Horse mounting blocks
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----------------
>>    if (( keyvalues["amenity"]   == "mounting_block"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["bridleway"] == "mounting_block"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["historic"]  == "mounting_block"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["horse"]     == "mounting_block"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["horse"]     == "mounting block"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["amenity"]   == "mounting_step"        ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["amenity"]   == "mounting_steps"       ) or
>>        ( keyvalues["amenity"]   == "horse_dismount_block" )) then
>>       keyvalues["man_made"] = "mounting_block"
>>    end
>>
>> https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/SomeoneElse-style/blob/
>> master/style.lua#L2211
>>
>> all very low usage.
>>
>
> horse=* is used as an access thing .. so I'd not encourage its use for
> other things.
> e.g. there exists horse=dismount .. I think that means the rider must get
> off the horse to proceed .. an access condition, not a facility to assist
> dismounting.
>
> I'll raise it on the tagging list and see what they come up with.
> My personal preference at the moment is for man_made=mounting_steps. But
> that is just me.
>
>
>
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