Talk:Tag:aerialway=drag lift
What about other sports?
For example there exist waterski lifts that are pretty much identical to what is described here. The only difference is that the user holds a handle in her hands instead of some kind of bar behind the butt (maybe Tag:aerialway:drag_lift=handle?). I would argue that using this tag in combination with Tag:sport=water_ski would be the most viable option to tag it. To that end, we should document this here. --Stefanct (talk) 02:07, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
Waterski lifts (continued)
In order to describe/characterize waterski lifts, a better solution would be a specific value on the aerialway tag itself, for two reasons :
- removing the often irrelevant "water_ski" sport tag value because water skiing on these devices has become a minor practice (using water skis for training beginners, on full-size systems only, impossible on 2-tower ones because turning around at the end is impossible ; traditional waterskiing reserved to professionals on full-size systems as well as on specialty heavy-duty 2-tower devices, because of safety concerns caused by higher speeds)
- moving the distinctive features of this kind of device (the handle bar, as well as the main mechanism) into the aerialway tag
Therefore, why not use Tag:aerialway=waterski_lift (after the original name of the device, even if less and less related to waterskiing), or Tag:aerialway=wakeboard_cable or more shortly Tag:aerialway=wake_cable, because wakeboarders nowadays use the word "cable" for naming the whole machine.
"detachable" property
Would it be useful to create a new tag, named "detachable", with a boolean value (yes/no or true/false), because several kinds of drag lifts do exist in the two variants, i.e. with their carried items permanently fixed on the running cable, or which can be disengaged. Use cases : chairlifts, mountain ski lifts for individual skiers, waterski lifts (full-size VS 2-tower variant) On some other kinds of drag lifts, it may however not be relevant, or constrained in a single value (e.g. gondola lifts are always detachable)