Talk:Tag:aeroway=launchpad

Deprecate aeroway=landingpad

There are only 4 features tagged with aeroway=landingpad, and these features seem to be just about identical to a launch pad. I recommend using aeroway=launchpad (or man_made=launch_pad, or military=launchpad) for both of these, since there will not be a verifiable difference between a launch or landing pad in most cases, right? --Jeisenbe (talk) 13:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Please explain how a rocket should land on this construction ?
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It has already been discussed on the proposal page whether "one day" there's probably the rocket landing on the same structure, which will probably happen. Feel free to create a "combi_pad" or something similar, but currently these are two different kind of structures. Check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Reusable_space_launch_systems for the latest development.rtfm Rtfm (talk) 11:47, 14 April 2020 (UTC)

Launchpad for suborbital civilian launches

There are (research) balloons and (civilian) rockets being launched suborbital. How to differentiate those from military=launchpad or the (currently defined) aeroway=launchpad for spacecraft (beyond the  Kármán_line) ? In the near future, there may also be touristic (high altitude) balloons

• research=launchpad
• tourism=launchpad
• launchpad:type=* (examples}
• aircraft:type (examples)
• rocket:launch=suborbital (similar to spacecraft:landing=spaceplane for runways)

Rtfm (talk) 20:47, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

Also added a "central" topic here : https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Aeroways#Launchpad_for_suborbital_civilian_launches Rtfm (talk) 15:47, 25 March 2023 (UTC)