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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Maybe before discussing if some
structure is better named tower or mast you/we should reflect why
we should make a distinction at all:<br>
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Is the difference whether...<br>
1) the structure is free-standing or not?<br>
2) the structure has one contact point to the ground or several?<br>
3) there are rooms/accommodations on the structure or not?<br>
4) the structure is covered or not?<br>
5) the structure is accessible for service only or more frequently
accessed?<br>
6) anything else or any combination of the above?<br>
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And could not some of those distinctions relayed in another way?
E. g. a single column mast could be tagged as a point vs a wider
(power) tower as an area with the appropriate extent. An
accessible structure with rooms could be tagged additionally as
building=yes.<br>
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So what's the point in distinguishing mast from tower at all?<br>
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Am 15.04.2016 um 17:07 schrieb Dave Swarthout:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">You want to retag communication towers that are
identical in structure to the power towers on the Wiki page as
masts? I would disagree totally with that idea. A mast does not
have legs in common American usage.
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<div>Is that your thrust or do you have another term in mind?</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 6:53 PM,
Malcolm Herring <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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class="">On 15/04/2016 12:39, Dave Swarthout wrote:<br>
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I think you had better make the requirements for tower
less strict.<br>
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The whole point of my definitions is to *NOT* use the word
"tower" for communications masts. I am trying to resolve the
ambiguity by choosing one in preference to the other, even
though a given structure may be locally known by the other
word.
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