[Tagging] Powerlines underground

[Martin Koppenhoefer]

2013/1/15 St Niklaas <st.niklaas at live.nl>:
> 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.


The rule is to tag ground truth, that is what is on (but IMHO also
below or above) the ground. It doesn't have to be visible, it must be
somehow "there" (and someone else should be able to verify it, but
this could also be by reading some publicly available sources for
instance).

cheers,
Martin