[Tagging] Masts vs Towers yet again

[John Eldredge]

The 808-foot antenna for radio station WSM fits both the tower and mast 
descriptions we are using.
<https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSM_(AM)>

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John F. Eldredge -- john at jfeldredge.com
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On April 16, 2016 2:05:10 AM Marc Zoutendijk <marczoutendijk at mac.com> wrote:

>> Op 16 apr. 2016, om 08:27 heeft Martin Koppenhoefer 
>> <dieterdreist at gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
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>> but in these cases there would typically be a room in the tower, i.e. the 
>> pole is there to support something on top, or is big and hollow and 
>> accessible in the inside.
>>
>> this is not a tower: 
>> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Borough_Hill_mast.jpg 
>> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Borough_Hill_mast.jpg>
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>> this is not a mast:
>> https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_della_televisione_di_Stoccarda#/media/File:Stuttgarter_Fernsehturm6.jpg 
>> <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torre_della_televisione_di_Stoccarda#/media/File:Stuttgarter_Fernsehturm6.jpg>
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> I agree with this vision, but in the last case, which we also see very 
> often in my country (The Netherlands), one still could say that we see a 
> mast on top of a tower, like this one:
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> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Gerbrandy_tower.jpg 
> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Gerbrandy_tower.jpg>
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> Which creates even more confusion.
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> A tower is built on the spot where you see it. But a mast is very often 
> constructed elsewhere and simply erected on the spot where you see it, 
> although I’m not sure if we can use this in our decision on how to tag.
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> Marc.
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