[Talk-us-massachusetts] How to tag pile of sand/salt for use by residents

[Peter Cooper Jr.]

On 10/25/2022 7:24 PM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>    given that retagging doesn't happen, I would use
>      amenity=grit_bin
>      grit_bin=pile
>    and then renders will show it as bin, which is useful for people
>    searching, and there's the nuance if anybody wants to deal.

Thanks for your thoughts; I think I'll do just that.


On 10/25/2022 8:19 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
 > If it's only for use of town Residents, posting it to a map visible to
 > passers-by seems counter-productive ?

Well, I don't know as it's any different than mapping other things 
(radio towers, driveways, etc.) that not necessarily everyone can use, 
but people in general might want to reference. And I guess I was hoping 
that it would mainly be for making the resource more known for residents 
that might want to look for it.

 > "Landmark" and "hard to find" may not be exactly contradictory but

Yeah, I probably phrased that poorly. I mean more that it would make it 
findable by residents, I guess.

 > Mapping the Highway Barn so you can direct persons to find it there
 > might be a plan

Ah, but it's the "old" Highway barn, since the town built a new one for 
the town equipment, but the old barn is still there in a slightly 
different part of town. The building is mapped as a building, I suppose 
I should see if the building is actually named Old Highway Barn and 
otherwise ensure that it's mapped better.

 >     that someone can bring a shovel and a
 >     couple buckets to in order to get a sand/salt mix to use on
 >     walkways and such. (I assume other towns do similar things?)
 >
 >
 > One of the things i miss in country life.
 > Someday i may fully retire and escape flatland.

I would have thought that one of the advantages of retiring is not 
*needing* to go anywhere while it's icy out, no? :)

Thanks again to both of you for your thoughts,
-- 
Peter