Tag:route=evacuation
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| Description |
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| Emergency evacuation routes, with direction, for various types of emergencies. |
| Group: routes |
| Used on these elements |
| Requires |
| Useful combination |
| Status: approved |
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The tag route= is used to tag an evacuation route, a pre-planned route for moving mass amounts of people away from a disaster situation. These routes are generally along high-capacity roadways and lead away from the hazard.
How to map
Evacuation routes are mapped in a relation
of type type=route.
In relation to the following characteristics should be included:
type=routemandatoryroute=mandatoryevacuation_route=*mandatory - Show type of emergency route is supposed to be used for.evacuation_route=hurricaneevacuation_route=nuclearevacuation_route=tsunamievacuation_route=*
mandatory - Show direction of route.
forward/backward
Optional features
information:eas=*- Add radio broadcast stations where people might be able to obtain information while evacuating along this route.ref=*- Short Description the route (3 to 5 characters)name=*- name of routeoperator=*- operatorwebsite=*- Website describing evacuation routesymbol=*- symbol used to annotate routedescription=*- Description the routecolour=*- colour of route
Members
| Way/node | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|
| (blank) | The ways making up the route. | |
| forward/backward | If a route should be followed in only one direction for some or all of its length, the "role" can indicate this for some or all of the constituent ways. "forward" means the route follows this way only in the direction of the way, and "backward" means the route runs only against the direction of the way. Rendered on the cycle map (example). |
