[Tagging] tagging towers WAS Re: tall masts supported byguywires

[David Groom]

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Subject: Re: [Tagging] tagging towers WAS Re: tall masts supported 
byguywires


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> 2010/9/11 David Groom <reviews at pacific-rim.net>:
>> Personally I'd like to see a different top level tag to differentiate
>> between more solid structural towers such as towers
>> http://www.visitingdc.com/images/eiffel-tower-picture.jpg
>> http://www.canadaphotoseries.com/files/canada/images/Toronto-CN-Tower.jpg
>> http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/00/13/f5/fa/qutab-minar-tower.jpg
>
>
> and there is quite a lot of (mostly older) towers that merit the
> man_made=tower but would on the other hand be nice to be
> differentiated with subtagging:
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Towers_Munich_Petueltunnel_Olympia-Toren_BMW-Hoofdkantoor_muurwerk_en_staaltoren_lucht_afzuigen_uit_tunnel_via_schoorsteen_Luc_Deleu_Foto_2005_Wolfgang_Pehlemann_Wiesbaden_PICT0067.jpg&filetimestamp=20081230100700
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Pisa_Turm.jpg&filetimestamp=20100206122335
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Friedberg_%28Hessen%29_Adolfsturm_4735.jpg&filetimestamp=20090616222157
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Parachute_Jump-1.jpg&filetimestamp=20060618220728
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SanGiminiano.jpg
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montesantangelo0002.jpg
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poetto.jpg
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:DSC04737_Istanbul_-_La_Moschea_Blu_-_Minareti_-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_29-5-2006.jpg&filetimestamp=20061220231311
>
> as well as those being integrated in buildings
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/BelfortBrugge.jpg
>
> having special functions (here: catch the wind)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qanat_wind_tower.svg
> while beeing more than just industrial installations:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bad_Gir_Yazd_Dolat_Abad.jpg
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:aeroway%3Dcontrol_tower
>
> being military ones:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Israeli_West_Bank_barrier_watchtower.jpg
> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Flag-G-Turm_Augarten.jpg/450px-Flag-G-Turm_Augarten.jpg
> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:Berlin_Wall_Watch-Tower_Typ_BT-11_2_apel.JPG&filetimestamp=20071203114529
>
> while those are all man_made=tower IMHO, that should not be the only
> tag to describe them.
>
Martin

I agree that's what I meant by my rather unclear statement "Personally I'd 
like to see a different top level tag to differentiate.."

I think man_made=mast could be usefully brought (back) into the OSM tagging 
scheme.

David

> cheers,
> Martin
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