[Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

Andreas Goss andig88 at t-online.de
Sun May 24 17:43:40 UTC 2015


> The idea is to get this rendered on the map.
>
> My opt is for amenity=power_socket which is what people will be looking
> for. It will be impossible to have a different symbol to indicate every
> different type of outlet in the world.
>
> Then the next thing they will need to know is the type of socket so
> type=* (example ... plug_UK ; plug_EU ; USB123 ; USB_C)
> And it can continue on from there.

But we don't tag for the map. And especially in this case I don't get 
why it's so important.
Bicycle apps and maps are one of the most commons ones in OpenStreetMap 
and even maps for charging stations are pretty popular.

> The tag 'amenity' automatically indicates it is for public use and so
> should not be used to tag every private domestic plug in a home.

Mh... no. It doesn't.
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