[Tagging] Cable distribution cabinet

[M∡rtin Koppenhoefer]

2010/6/9 Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com>:
> Yes, but this scheme will never work because it's totally at odds with
> English. When English is your second language, all tags seem equally
> arbitrary, but English speakers will expect power=station to be a
> power station, and power=sub_station to be a substation. And you can't
> blame them.


I'd see this similary, but in the end would rely on the wiki, which is
quite clear:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:power%3Dstation

It is always difficult to change the meaning of established tags:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Power_line-in-germany.png

cheers,
Martin