[Tagging] Airport power and USB stations

Warin 61sundowner at gmail.com
Wed May 27 09:55:20 UTC 2015


On 26/05/2015 6:28 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
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>> Am 25.05.2015 um 17:18 schrieb Dave Swarthout <daveswarthout at gmail.com>:
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>> amenity=charging_station
>> fee=no
>> access=public
>> socket:USB=yes
>> socket:typeb=yes
>> motor_vehicle=no
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>> There are currently only 7 socket:typeb=* in the world including the 6 I just added and a similar number of socket:USB=*
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> access public seems pointless to tag
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> socket:USB and socket:typeb should be one tag if you want to say USB type B, (e.g. usb_b)
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> motor_vehicle no is likely an attribute of the area and not of the charging station
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Some of the  'problems' are that

amenity=charging_station is not 'approved' .. and my not have been discussed internationally and therefore lacks contributions from a wide audience.

the mooted extension to camp_sites power_supply= also has not been discussed ...

there is a suggested socket:typeb=   for American NEMA 5-15 sockets (on the charging_station discussion page) ... hopefully they will be =nema_5_15 which is much more descriptive and separates them for other "typeb' sockets!

For me the solution is;

1) a tag for power_sockets  .. probably along lines similar to power_supply= Link  http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_supply#Tag_values_for_type_of_sockets.

2) a new tag for motor vehicle charging stations with a better name and description of the socket/s there.

Perhaps the two could be combined ?

For vehicle charging amenity=vehicle_charging with power_socket=nema_5_15

and for the placement of a simple socket on a desk   amenity=desk with power_socket=nema_5_15

So you could combine the power socket with any suitable object .. the external wall of a building for example.







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