[Tagging] Powerlines underground

[St Niklaas]

> Subject: Tagging Digest, Vol 40, Issue 22
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:24:42 +0100
> From: Fran?ois Lacombe <francois.lacombe at telecom-bretagne.eu>
> To: tagging at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: [Tagging] [Proposed features/Power] Difference between aerial
> 	and underground power lines
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> My basic proposal is to use power=line + location=underground instead of
> power=cable + location=underground.
> Because it would be difficult to make request with location=underground
> negation as for obtaining only plain aerial lines, we can use different
> power=* tag too for aerial and underground lines. With or without
> location=underground.
> It's hard to make a choice.
> What are the tagging expert's or proposal author's opinion?
> 
> The goal is to obtain a well documented topology of power grids. It's
> important to use the right vocabulary even if it seems to be dumb or
> engineering stuff.
> 
Hi Francois,Excuse but despite of all the technical remarks you made, if a powerline goes underground, why bother to tag it, theyre not visible though ? I might be a NB but I got the message please tag all visible items in OSM. I even look surprised finding community borders and residential areas on the map. I wont start adding a large tube for the export of LNG or oil from here to there. Although it has some visible marks every now and then for live aircontrol of the transport system. And if you really want to proceed do you ad the dept of the line excactly ? My advise is dont do or make youre own map OSM based map on the outcome of external or your own contributions, since you cant do it yourself all alone in the end.
Greetings,
Hendrik 		 	   		  
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