<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 May 2015 at 17:47, Dave Swarthout <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daveswarthout@gmail.com" target="_blank">daveswarthout@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The Wiki article clearly teaches that the amenity=charging_station tag was designed with vehicles in mind. </div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well if it's a VEHICLE charging station, it should have said that. They didn't specify what changing it was in the name - so it's surely open for all charging stations.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">And I reckon for those of you who expressed concern about rendering, that part of it isn't up to me, or us, and will be resolved later. <div><br></div><div>The big question is whether to expand the use of the tag so it includes devices other than vehicles. The article mentions bicycles but doesn't go into detail about bicycle charging_stations except to say "<span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:17.5px;line-height:28px">There are some different types of charging stations. E-Bikes e.g. can be charged at an domestic wall socket." To my mind, that opens the door to expanding the use of the tag.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Asbolutely ! </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Also the notion of socket:type=USB or socket:USB=* (a number of sockets or "yes") seems fine. The other keys mentioned in the Wiki entry can be used just as they are in many other similar situations:</div><div>fee=*</div><div>operator=*</div><div>access=*</div><div>voltage=*</div><div>opening_hours=*</div><div><br></div><div>These stations, or in the case of the Seattle airport, entire sections of seats, have "domestic wall sockets" offering a way to charge laptops as well as the USB output. The tag socket:nema_5_15=* denoting is bulky to say the least but if that's the established tag for the receptacles found in American homes, then it might work here too.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>What do 'standard Americans' call their sockets ? We shouldn't be using technical names on OSM unless that's the common name for them. Voltage is a useful bit of data.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>If we don't do it this way, clearly another amenity tag will be needed. I hate to start down that path because I know it will be difficult to achieve any consensus. In the meantime I have tagged those areas with amenity=charging_station until we resolve this question. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>Dave</div></font></span></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Mike.</div><div><div>@<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">millomweb</a> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland</div><div>via <font color="#ff0000"><strong>the area's premier website - </strong></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong><br></strong></font></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong>currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets</strong></font></div></div><div><font color="#ff0000"><strong><br></strong></font></div><div><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail" target="_blank">T&Cs</a></div></div></div></div></div>
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