[Talk-GB] Yellow H signs

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The top number is the diameter of the hydrant, and the bottom one is the hydrant's distance from the sign.  These can either be in millimetres and metres respectively, or inches and feet.  You can tell by the magnitude of the numbers.

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On Monday, February 14th, 2022 at 10:07, Brian Prangle <bprangle at gmail.com> wrote:

> For a guide on fire hydrant mapping see the mappa Mercia blog posthttps://www.mappa-mercia.org/2016/12/a-guide-to-mapping-fire-hydrants-in-the-uk.html
> 

> On Mon, 14 Feb 2022, 07:57 Philip Barnes, <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
> 

> > I think I would probably say map the sign, the actual hydrant will be
> > 

> > under a small 'manhole cover often in the road and often not
> > 

> > particularly easy to find.
> > 

> > Do we have a wikipage to help interpret these signs?
> > 

> > The signs, whilst mostly yellow, can be other styles.
> > 

> > On Sun, 2022-02-13 at 23:44 +0000, Kai Michael Poppe wrote:
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> > >
> > 

> > > StreetComplete will ask you for the diameter and the type of a
> > 

> > > hydrant, when emergency=fire_hydrant [1] exists.
> > 

> > >
> > 

> > Do we have a wikipage to help interpret these signs? I assume the
> > 

> > diameter is on the sign but I am not certain what the numbers actually
> > 

> > mean.
> > 

> > The signs, whilst mostly yellow, can be other styles.
> > 

> > > When a yellow sign exists somewhere my guess is that the physical
> > 

> > > hydrant is in the vicinity and that feature should be mapped with the
> > 

> > > information from the sign?
> > 

> > >
> > 

> > I think I would probably say map the sign, the actual hydrant will be
> > 

> > under a small 'manhole cover often in the road and often not
> > 

> > particularly easy to find. The sign is easier to verify.
> > 

> > > Have a good Super Bowl night!
> > 

> > I have just found out it was super bowl night :)
> > 

> > Phil (trigpoint)
> > 

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