[Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

[Dave Swarthout]

Thanks for the great suggestions.  I'm typing on an iPhone so will respond
fully after I reach my final destination.

amenity=charging_station with subtags for clarification seems to fill the
bill.

On Friday, May 22, 2015, Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 23/05/2015 9:56 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
>
>  Duck tagging it's not.  One could consider the horrors of tagging:
>
>
>
> *amenity=charging_station voltage=5 socket:usb=4*
>
>
> From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station
> But I think that's just as bad an idea as amenity=fuel;vehicle=no.
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  Better:
>
>  *amenity=device_charging_station*
>
> *socket:nema_5_15=2 *
> *socket:USB=4*
>
>
>  I don't care that amenity is "overloaded".  This is an amenity.
>
>
>
>  And even better:
>
>
>   *amenity=device_charging_station*
>  *socket:ac=2*
>  *socket:usb=4 *  (there are two types Android and Apple, but I gloss
> over that)
>  *socket:apple_30_pin=4*
>
>
>  And someone who cares can invent subtypes for "ac" like "sev_1011",
> or worse set something for multi standard sockets:
> http://fam-oud.nl/~plugsocket/MultiSockets.html
>
>
>
> And there is this ...
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_supply
>
> power_supply=nema_5_15 for usa...
>
> There is no USB one there (yet) ..usb_typea, usb_typeb etc... ?
>
> it is not a proposal as yet .. but does not identify it self as vehicle related.
> Charging points are avlible in some libraries too ..
>
> Might be time to move the tag power_supply= to a proposal.
>
>

-- 
Dave Swarthout
Homer, Alaska
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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