<div dir="ltr"><div><div>And how would you map such things ?<br><br>Concrete mast with low voltage power line, wifi antenna and communication cables.<br><a href="http://www.satcontact.fr/sites/default/files/SIEA-pbbt1.jpg">http://www.satcontact.fr/sites/default/files/SIEA-pbbt1.jpg</a><br>
<br>Concrete poles with optical fiber and medium voltage power line.<br><a href="http://mlebon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454563069e2016762e8ff59970b-800wi">http://mlebon.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83454563069e2016762e8ff59970b-800wi</a><br>
<br></div>All that stuff is currently tagged with power=pole but we are far from only having power here.<br><br></div>Do you think average mappers will only see power at first sight ?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all">
<div><b>François Lacombe</b><br><br>francois dot lacombe At telecom-bretagne dot eu<br><a href="http://www.infos-reseaux.com" target="_blank">http://www.infos-reseaux.com</a><br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/9/2 alessandro zardo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bredyfox@yahoo.it" target="_blank">bredyfox@yahoo.it</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div><div class="im">> It's already used for the poles but don't you think it's transformers<br>> which deserve the most the usage of power=* ?<br><br>>In this case no.<br>>From an electrical viewpoint the transformer is of course important. However, is this the most important aspect for the average user? You see a pole in >a row of poles and this particular one happens to have some kind of lump attached to the top. It may be useful to tag this fact for navigational purposes >but it is otherwise of doubtful use. Very few users will be interested in the details of that transformer or its connections to the grid. Even when I'm >interested in
power grids myself I don't find the lower voltage distribution grids particularly interesting. Furthermore, it is mostly impossible to map the >distribution networks to any degree of completeness due to undergrounding etc. Thus I can't see much need to develop an elaborate tagging for this >reason especially if it is not compatible with the existing tagging practice. However, the average mapper may still want to tag the transformer as an >interesting feature of the pole. An additional attribute tag (transformer=yes/*) will be sufficient for that and it won't break anything. Data consumers can >easily extract this information if they need to.<br>
<br></div>+1 </div><div>I have the same opinion</div> </div> </div> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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