[Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

[Mark Bradley]

> Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 17:29:27 +1000
> From: Warin <61sundowner at gmail.com>
> To: tagging at openstreetmap.org
> Subject: Re: [Tagging] Airport power and USB stations
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> 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.
> >
> > ------------
> 
> 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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