<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2015-01-15 21:27 GMT+01:00 Ole Nielsen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:on-osm@xs4all.nl" target="_blank">on-osm@xs4all.nl</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I'm not sure how these codes could benefit OSM. </blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's been a long time we need unique codes to identify infrastructure features (or group of features) instead of their own OSM ID (when you delete something and redraw it, the ID has changed, not the EIC code).<br></div><div>Finding an identification scheme at such a large scale is not so easy.<br><br></div><div>A second benefit is to talk the same language as other DB or systems instead of creating our own way to distinguish objects.<br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">They seem to be mostly for use in transactions between entities such as TSO's and would have little public interest, even for power grid 'nerds' like me.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>According to what is said above, I respectably disagree.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Further, from where would you get these codes (with an odbl compatible license)? I have never seen such codes used on public websites of TSO's and power companies. And I don't think they label substations, power plants with such codes at the gates so you can't get them from surveys.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The EIC scheme is yet young.<br></div><div>The power market has been driven for years by a strong opendata movement and it's possible to ask ENSTO-E to publish their codes under OdBL license.<br><br></div><div>The goal of my original question isn't to start publishing codes in OSM immediately but to find the best key to do it and to be ready when the time comes.<br><br><br></div><div>Cheers<br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b>François Lacombe</b><br><br>fl dot infosreseaux At gmail dot com<br><a href="http://www.infos-reseaux.com" target="_blank">www.infos-reseaux.com</a><br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/InfosReseaux" target="_blank">@InfosReseaux</a></div></div></div> </div></div><br></div></div>