[OSM-newbies] Electric Vehicle Charge Points

[Richard Weait]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Kevin Sharpe
<kevin.sharpe at btinternet.com> wrote:
> We are about to start entering several thousand Electric Vehicle Charge
> Point locations into OSM. Is anyone interested in collaborating on the
> definition of the new tags that we will need?

Welcome to OpenStreetMap Kevin.

Sounds like fun.  Where are you?  Will there be regional differences?
In your help.openstreetmap.org post, you mention connector types,
voltage, current, charger type, live status, etc.
http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1147/electric-vehicle-charge-points-reaching-out

What distinguishes these charge points?  Is the current combination sufficient?

amenity=fuel
fuel:electricity=yes
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/fuel:electricity (90 appearances)

vs.

amenity=charging_station
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/amenity=charging_station (6 appearances)

Will name, access and hours be of interest, or are these charging
stations all essentially public and 24 hours?  Do consumers care about
the brand or operator?  Are there restrictions for type of payment?
name=
access=
opening_hours=

Are charging stations found as part of fuel stations, or as separate amenities?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfuel
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:fuel:electricity
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Charging_station

You mention live status.  Do you mean state of construction
(planned/proposed/construction/commissioned)?  If so, each charging
station should probably only be added to OSM once it is under
construction.

Also, please note that there is a mailing list for detailed discussion
of tags.  Proposals for new tags or revisions to tags should also be
mentioned on talk@

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging

And again, welcome.