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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2018-06-28 13:40, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 4:40 AM, André Pirard <span
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                  2018-06-27 16:28, Paul Allen wrote:<br>
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            <div>[Suggestion to use amenity=charging_station +
              charging:bicycle=yes + charging:car=yes<br>
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              <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I remember having
                been told off by someone who doesn't like namespaces:
                "we are not doing like that" <span
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            <div>People on this list have strong opinions.  Often those
              opinions are in opposition.  But whoever told you not<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">to use namespaces is
              ignoring the fact that OSM already does use namespaces. 
              If most people say yes<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">and one person says no
              but presents no valid argument for his objection, ignore
              that one person.<br>
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    OK, but they shout louder and the problem is that it's the other
    contributors who must ignore them.<br>
    And it's painful to read replies with just what is sub-optimal in a
    proposition and no better alternatives towards the same goal.<br>
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                rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> But you are, like
                me, perfectly right using it because we could have<br>
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                charging:bicycle:amperage=* different from
                charging:car:amperage=*<br>
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              <div>Do we need it?  </div>
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    Please understand what I meant.<br>
    I'm just demonstrating the general versatility and usefulness of
    namespace, not discussing amperage.<br>
    "could have things like..." if you prefer.<br>
    (But then, charging:amperage=* won't hurt and be consistent)<br>
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              <div>The connectors have a maximum amperage, which may
                fall off as the battery<br>
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              <div>becomes nearly full, or because battery temperature
                monitoring throttles the current.  If there are<br>
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              <div>different physical sockets for cars and bicycles then
                you specify their maximum current with<br>
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              <div>socket:typeX=7 or whatever.  If it's the same socket
                for both then you just specify the maximum<br>
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              <div>current and it's down to whatever you plug in to draw
                as much or as little as it needs.<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">You'd only need the
              charging:bicycle:amperage if it's a common socket but with
              the smarts to<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">detect what kind of
              thing is plugged into it and limit the maximum current
              accordingly.<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">All that said, if cars
              and bikes have different sockets then tagging the socket
              type is enough<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">to determine if bikes
              can charge there.  If it's a common socket then the
              maximum current is<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">enough to figure out
              if you can charge only a bike, or a bike and a car, or a
              bike, a car and a<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">truck there.  Of
              course, there may be other constraints: the charging point
              may have a connector<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">capable of being used
              by bikes, cars and trucks but trucks won't fit in the
              parking space and the<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">operator doesn't like
              bikes taking up a socket but only permits cars.  Which
              puts it into the<br>
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              restrictions.<br>
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            <div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">Paul<br>
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