[OSM-talk] WG: Emergency Access Points

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:24:07 +0100
Lück, Michael <Michael.Lueck at Bonk-Consulting.de> wrote:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> To simplfy the rescue of people in isolated areas (like forests).
> Those points are tagged as highways with value
> emergency_access_points. According to taginfo there are about 9000 of
> these points
> (http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Demergency_access_point)
> I really don't get why those points aren't tagged with the
> "emergency" key. Can anybody help me?
> 
> Regards,
> Michael

Because highway came before emergency
and emergency is still being argued over.
Put up a proposal for changing it to emergency if that seems to you
most appropriate