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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I don't know. There are a few other
things to map of more use than the local poles, sorry. <br>
But i wanted to point out that poles are frequently used for more
than a single use. <br>
I'd go with man_made=utility_pole... <br>
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On 27/05/19 09:18, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:50
AM Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">61sundowner@gmail.com</a>>
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the 'poles' carry;<br>
<br>
power,<br>
<br>
cable internet,<br>
<br>
cable TV (some times the cable carries both TV and internet
combined) and<br>
<br>
telephone.<br>
<br>
The don't usually have poles for each service.<br>
<br>
The provision of a national internet service that provides a
combined telephone service means that the telephone cable
will be no more.<br>
There is also a reduction of 'landline' telephone as many
have dropped that service as they now all have cell phones.<br>
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On 26/05/19 21:32, Joseph Eisenberg wrote:<br>
> I recently checked the wiki and taginfo, and was
surprised that there<br>
> does not seem to be a preferred way to tag telephone
poles, in<br>
> contrast to power poles and lampposts.<br>
><br>
> Options in use are:<br>
> 1) man_made=utility_pole - used 4 930, has a short wiki
description:<br>
> "A single pole supporting elevation of any of various
and unspecified<br>
> public utilities, such as power transmission, lighting
or telephony"<br>
> - so this can also include power poles or poles used
for multiple<br>
> types of utilities or lamp posts which also support
wires.<br>
><br>
> 2) communication=pole - used 3316 times, no wiki page<br>
> <a
href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/communication=pole"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/communication=pole</a><br>
><br>
> 3) man_made=pole - used 2251 times, no wiki page<br>
><br>
> 4) telephone=pole - used 1108 times, no wiki page<br>
> <a
href="https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=telephone&value=pole"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=telephone&value=pole</a><br>
><br>
> User "Chippy" made a wiki page that documents the
various tags in use<br>
> for telecom lines, poles and cabinets, back in 2015,
but none of the<br>
> various tags seem to be approved or clearly de facto in
use by<br>
> mappers: <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Telecoms#Telephone_Poles"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Telecoms#Telephone_Poles</a><br>
><br>
> There is also not much tagging of telephone cables (or
wires?), but<br>
> there is a documented tag, communication=line - with a
wiki page but<br>
> no proposal, used 2550 times. This says "Only the main
connections,<br>
> mostly sea cables, should be mapped."<br>
> <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:communication%3Dline"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:communication%3Dline</a><br>
><br>
> Perhaps there is a need for a proposal to map minor
communication<br>
> cables, eg. communication=minor_line?<br>
><br>
> Is there a need to map smaller telephone or utility
poles?<br>
><br>
> I don't have any personal interest in mapping this
right now (I'm<br>
> still working on rivers, villages and highways in my
area!) but it<br>
> seems similar to "power=minor_line" and "power=pole" in
significance,<br>
> and I suppose it's better to develop a good tagging
system now.<br>
><br>
> While using the key "man_made" would be easiest,
perhaps the<br>
> communication key is a good idea, parallel to "power"?<br>
><br>
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