[Tagging] Masts vs Towers yet again
Tobias Wrede
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Fri Apr 15 15:26:30 UTC 2016
Maybe before discussing if some structure is better named tower or mast
you/we should reflect why we should make a distinction at all:
Is the difference whether...
1) the structure is free-standing or not?
2) the structure has one contact point to the ground or several?
3) there are rooms/accommodations on the structure or not?
4) the structure is covered or not?
5) the structure is accessible for service only or more frequently accessed?
6) anything else or any combination of the above?
And could not some of those distinctions relayed in another way? E. g. a
single column mast could be tagged as a point vs a wider (power) tower
as an area with the appropriate extent. An accessible structure with
rooms could be tagged additionally as building=yes.
So what's the point in distinguishing mast from tower at all?
Am 15.04.2016 um 17:07 schrieb Dave Swarthout:
> You want to retag communication towers that are identical in structure
> to the power towers on the Wiki page as masts? I would disagree
> totally with that idea. A mast does not have legs in common American
> usage.
>
> Is that your thrust or do you have another term in mind?
>
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Malcolm Herring
> <malcolm.herring at btinternet.com
> <mailto:malcolm.herring at btinternet.com>> wrote:
>
> On 15/04/2016 12:39, Dave Swarthout wrote:
>
> I think you had better make the requirements for tower less
> strict.
>
>
> The whole point of my definitions is to *NOT* use the word "tower"
> for communications masts. I am trying to resolve the ambiguity by
> choosing one in preference to the other, even though a given
> structure may be locally known by the other word.
>
>
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