OpenStreetMap! #96
Description
We should use OpenStreetMap (OSM) as the root-source of our free-flying site data, when possible. Annotations that do not make sense to put on OSM, we can maintain on this repo.
Getting started
Anyone can create an account on OpenStreetMap and start adding new or updating existing free-flying launch sites, landing zones, windsocks, etc.
Example from Ed Levin
Ed Levin 300 ft launch
The 300' launch was already on OSM at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1422613214, and I added more data to. It's now comprising:
direction=S-W
ele=265
free_flying:guest-guidelines=yes
free_flying:hanggliding=yes
free_flying:official=yes
free_flying:paragliding=yes
free_flying:site=takeoff
name=Ed Levin 300 ft launch
sport=free_flying
website=https://wingsofrogallo.org/
For XML version, see below.
The 300 ft windsock
The 300 ft windsock https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/11932198912 comprise:
aeroway=windsock
description=An FAA-compliant windsock (wind cone)
ele=265
height=6
lit=no
name=Ed Levin 300 ft windsock
Free-flying related OSM tags
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:sport%3Dfree_flying <== THIS
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dwindsock
XML version of above example
<osm version="0.6" generator="CGImap 0.9.2 (3610883 spike-06.openstreetmap.org)" copyright="OpenStreetMap and contributors" attribution="http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright" license="http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/">
<node id="1422613214" visible="true" version="4" changeset="151798118" timestamp="2024-05-25T07:35:30Z" user="HenrikBe" uid="11154835" lat="37.4610624" lon="-121.8643101">
<tag k="direction" v="S-W"/>
<tag k="ele" v="265"/>
<tag k="free_flying:guest-guidelines" v="yes"/>
<tag k="free_flying:hanggliding" v="yes"/>
<tag k="free_flying:official" v="yes"/>
<tag k="free_flying:paragliding" v="yes"/>
<tag k="free_flying:site" v="takeoff"/>
<tag k="name" v="Ed Levin 300 ft launch"/>
<tag k="sport" v="free_flying"/>
<tag k="website" v="https://wingsofrogallo.org/"/>
</node>
</osm>