<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-top:0px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Currently, some users create one <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">amenity</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">charging_station</a> node (or area) to represent a charging location, regardless of the number of charging points at the location. Other users map each individual charge point within a charging location as a separate <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">amenity</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">charging_station</a> node. This second approach creates duplicate entries in search results and elsewhere, <a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.64957/5.04170" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">such as in this case with 36 identical charge points</a>. As the number of charging stations are growing rapidly it would be helpful to clarify how charging stations should be mapped</p><p style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Following a long <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">discussion</a> on the OSM community site, I propose certain clarifications on how to map and tag EV charging stations. The definition of <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">amenity</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">charging_station</a> will change slightly and will represent both locations with a single charge point and locations with a group of chargers. A new optional feature, <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">man_made</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:man_made%3Dcharge_point&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">charge_point</a> will be created to separate detailed mapping of each charge point from the main <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">amenity</a>=<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">charging_station</a> feature at locations.</p><p style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">Here is the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">proposal</a>. Please comment on the <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping" style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">discussion page</a>, grouped by topic. <span style="font-size:15.008px">Many comments have already been made in this </span><a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810" style="font-size:15.008px;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:none">discussion thread</a><span style="font-size:15.008px">.</span></p><p style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">This announcement has been cross posted to the <a href="https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-feature-proposal-ev-charging-station-mapping/97507">community forum</a>.</p><p style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15.008px">/NKA</p></div>