[Tagging] Power networks European codification scheme

[François Lacombe]

I've already introduced the ref:ERDF:gdo key for French power codification
scheme.

As suggested, ref:entsoe:eic would stand for European power codification
scheme.
The power transmission proposal had been updated
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Power_transmission_refinement#Codification_schemes_worldwide


Cheers

*François Lacombe*

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2015-01-16 10:05 GMT+01:00 François Lacombe <fl.infosreseaux at gmail.com>:

> 2015-01-15 21:27 GMT+01:00 Ole Nielsen <on-osm at xs4all.nl>:
>
>> I'm not sure how these codes could benefit OSM.
>
>
> It's been a long time we need unique codes to identify infrastructure
> features (or group of features) instead of their own OSM ID (when you
> delete something and redraw it, the ID has changed, not the EIC code).
> Finding an identification scheme at such a large scale is not so easy.
>
> A second benefit is to talk the same language as other DB or systems
> instead of creating our own way to distinguish objects.
>
>
>
>> They seem to be mostly for use in transactions between entities such as
>> TSO's and would have little public interest, even for power grid 'nerds'
>> like me.
>>
>
> According to what is said above, I respectably disagree.
>
>
>>
>> Further, from where would you get these codes (with an odbl compatible
>> license)? I have never seen such codes used on public websites of TSO's and
>> power companies. And I don't think they label substations, power plants
>> with such codes at the gates so you can't get them from surveys.
>>
>
> The EIC scheme is yet young.
> The power market has been driven for years by a strong opendata movement
> and it's possible to ask ENSTO-E to publish their codes under OdBL license.
>
> The goal of my original question isn't to start publishing codes in OSM
> immediately but to find the best key to do it and to be ready when the time
> comes.
>
>
> Cheers
>
> *François Lacombe*
>
> fl dot infosreseaux At gmail dot com
> www.infos-reseaux.com
> @InfosReseaux <http://www.twitter.com/InfosReseaux>
>
>
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