[Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

[Warin]

On 23/05/2015 3:57 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Dave Swarthout 
> <daveswarthout at gmail.com <mailto:daveswarthout at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     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.
>
>
> I think that's a choice with high long term costs to rendering and 
> processing engines.
>
> What will happen is that you're asking rendering and processing 
> software to keep up with a blizzard of subtags.
> "charging_station" presently is understood to mean a vehicle charging 
> station,
> not a generic charging station.  Suddenly icons designed for vehicle 
> charging will start appearing inside airports.
>
> Similarly:
>
>     power_supply=cee_17_red
>     power_supply=cee_7_4
>     power_supply=usb
>
>
> forces rendering to understand a long series of values.  For an AC 
> wall plug that means understanding
> that  nema_5_15sev_1011 and cei_23_16 are all types of AC wall plugs, 
> but that USB is something different.
> It's asking too much from the maintainers of rendering software.
>
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bbq has the same problem.. electric, wood, gas ...
as does building .. school, retail, residential, church, post office ...

The rendering 'problem' ?

/To render or not .. that is the question?   (to misquote Bill). /

The data can be added .. rendering is another problem.
  First the tagging, then the mapping .. then the rendering. They all 
have their problems.
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