[Talk-us] Using OSM for emergency routing?

[Richard Welty]

On 6/2/11 10:17 PM, Ian Dees wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone used OSM for emergency routing with squad cars or ambulances?
> I've found someone on reddit who is interested in loading their Garmin with
> routable data so they can more-quickly get to their destination. Apparently
> their jurisdiction doesn't have that information available to them (and the
> dispatchers don't always, either).
>
> Are there any existing tags to specify "emergency-only" roads? How about
> routers that take into account emergency turnarounds, service roads, passing
> through stop lights and signs, etc.?
access=emergency

is what i've been using for turns on motorways that are only for use
by police, fire, etc. don't know about tweaking routers to account for
it, though.

you'd need to have a flag on mkgmap to produce an "emergency"
version of the map that accounts for all these things if you wanted it
in a garmin.

finally, access=emergency isn't consistently used (yet.)

richard