[Tagging] Key:circuits added to power template

[John F. Eldredge]

Ole Nielsen <on-osm at xs4all.nl> wrote:

> As already mentioned in a previous thread I have been drafting a 
> definition for a new "circuits" key describing the number of
> electrical 
> circuits of a power line or cable connection. See the feature page at 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:circuits
> 
> The new key is mainly intended for underground cable connections 
> (power=cable) where the number of cables is unknown or has no fixed 
> relationship with the number of electrical circuits.
> 
> I have now added this key to the power template expecting nobody will 
> have major objections to this additional key. The circuits key will
> not 
> affect current tagging practice. It will however allow mappers to add
> an 
> important extra information to power lines and cables, an information 
> that it is not always possible to deduce from the existing cables=*
> tag.
> 
> The circuits=* key is now visible in 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power and map features.
> 
> Ole / polderrunner
> 
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So, if I correctly understand the intended usage of this tag, it would mostly be used by the power-system companies themselves?  It seems likely to me that they would keep their own charts of the grid, and it doesn't seem likely to be used much by anyone else.

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