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

[Xan]

@Richard: PErhaps they serve as orientinge element (as many elements in 
the street): for identifying where we are.

@John: Thanks for the info.

Xan.


Al 06/10/10 19:09, En/na John F. Eldredge ha escrit:
> Actually, lightning rods prevent large lightning strikes, by encouraging a series of small discharges, without the potential building up to the point that a devas ortatingly-large lightning strike takes place.
>
> -------Original Email-------
> Subject :Re: [OSM-newbies] tag for "lightning conductor" (pararayosin	spanish)
>  From  :mailto:dxpublica at telefonica.net
> Date  :Wed Oct 06 12:01:57 America/Chicago 2010
>
>
> En/na Richard Weait ha escrit:
>    
>> 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.
>>
>>      
> Mmm. I'm not convinced. They are small like clocks could be, and we have
> tags for clocks.
>
> For the other hand, it could be lightning conductors without any
> structure below: I live near a place (amenity=pedestrian, area=yes) with
> a lightning conductor in the middle 8-| And in many mountains they are
> near communication installations.
>    
>> Do you have something else in mind?  Have I missed another application
>> of these objects?
>>
>>      
> One application is obvious: the knowledge for the knowledge (kiddy).
> Serious applications, I don't know. Perhaps for knowing the probability
> of hitting lightnings?
>
>    
>> Best regards,
>> Richard
>>
>> [1] http://artscool.cfa.cmu.edu/~king/earthworks/TheLightningField.htm
>>
>>      
> Mmm... interesting. I don't know that "strange" art ;-)
>
> Xan.
>
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