[OSM-newbies] tag for "lightning conductor" (pararayos in spanish)

Richard Weait richard at weait.com
Tue Oct 5 17:29:08 BST 2010


On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Xan <dxpublica at telefonica.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I searched in the wiki and I did not find a tag dor lightning conductor.
> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod]. Is there any tag dfor that?

Dear Xan,

In what context would it be appropriate to add lightning conductors to
the map?  They are common on buildings, communication towers, etc.,
but I think they are insignificant compared to the main structure.
Even given a place with a large number of lightning conductors, like
the Lightning Field art installation[1], I think I would be more
inclined to mark the area, rather than individual lightning rods.

Do you have something else in mind?  Have I missed another application
of these objects?

Best regards,
Richard

[1] http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~king/earthworks/TheLightningField.htm



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