[Tagging] Cable distribution cabinet

Steve Bennett stevagewp at gmail.com
Mon Jun 14 06:19:56 BST 2010


On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:40 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
<dieterdreist at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

I don't see how "rely on the wiki" is a solution to the problem. The
problem is not any of the people on this list being unclear as to what
power=sub_station is supposed to mean. The problem is that it's a
terribly named tag which many users mis-apply.

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

It sure is.

Steve




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