[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - electricity=*

Tue Nov 3 13:08:46 UTC 2020

Hi,

While the original proposal did specify that generators are usually 
diesel, broadening the definition would only lead to a loss of detail, 
but the tagging would still be correct. I'm hesitant to use *offgrid* as 
a building that has, for example, a grid connection with solar panels on 
the roof would then be tagged as *electricity=grid;offgrid* instead of 
*electricity=grid;generator*. The former is illogical.

However, I don't have any experience in developing countries: is it 
easier to verify if something is off-grid compared to if it is connected 
to a generator? And, would it be necessary to differentiate between 
local grids (i.e. 2-3 generators, no substations, transfromers, etc.) 
and national grids? Perhaps then a network tag would be useful, i.e. 
network=national, local, regional similar to the way cycle networks are 
mapped?

A further suggestion was to change the tagging 
to***electricity:grid=yes/no/backup* and/or 
*electricity:generator=yes/no/backup*. This might be less ambiguous for 
tagging amenities or buildings that get electricity from both sources 
and would then be more consistent with tagging such as 
*electricity:generator:origin=diesel* when, e.g. a building has a backup 
diesel generator but is connected to the grid. Unfortunately, it would 
then not be consistent with the use by the Healthsites Mapping Project, 
although this already has the inconsistent *electricity=none* tag which 
should probably be changed directly to *electricity=no.*

Cheers, Lukas

On 03/11/2020 07:14, Dolly Andriatsiferana wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks a lot Lukas for reworking this proposal.
>
> I like Joseph's idea of *electricity=grid/offgrid/yes/no* if you're 
> introducing *electricity:origin=**.
> I'd suggest dropping the generator value as it brings confusion and 
> can be difficult to verify. Originally electricity=generator seemed to 
> be intended for diesel devices, but I think we should use something 
> like electricity:origin=diesel for it instead.
>
> @Volker, I understand the tag might be less relevant in developed 
> countries where it is normal to have electricity. But electricity 
> availability is an important information in many developing countries 
> (like mine) where most of the population is not connected to the 
> electricity grid. It would be useful for health facilities 
> and accommodation buildings... - See Healthsites' data model at 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Global_Healthsites_Mapping_Project 
> <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Global_Healthsites_Mapping_Project> 
> where the tag is used.
>
> Good job, Lukas!
>
> -- 
> Dolly Andriatsiferana
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:11 AM Lukas Richert <lrichert at posteo.de 
> <mailto:lrichert at posteo.de>> wrote:
>
>     And, final email, I reworked the proposal page to include tagged
>     examples and explained some implicit defintions in more detail.
>
>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/electricity
>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/electricity>
>
>     Cheers
>
>
>     On 30/10/2020 13:44, Lukas Richert wrote:
>>
>>     Since a lot of people apparently didnt see the RFC the first
>>     time, I'll go back to RFC status for now. (I thought the threads
>>     were sorted by subject title of the email and didnt check online
>>     if it was actually visible. )
>>
>>     --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     The original message:
>>
>>     Hello all,
>>
>>     after the comments on the confusing nature of the word 'source'
>>     in my original proposal of 'electricity:source', I have now
>>     changed the name to 'electricity:origin' as suggested on the
>>     discussion page. Furthermore, I would like to revive and extend
>>     the proposal of the key 'electricity' as this previously
>>     conflicted with parts of the electricity:source proposal and was
>>     not consistent.
>>
>>     Both proposal pages:
>>
>>     [1]
>>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/electricity
>>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/electricity>
>>
>>     [2]
>>     https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Proposed_features/electricity:source
>>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Proposed_features/electricity:source>
>>
>>
>>     The idea now is to allow for the tagging of buildings or
>>     amenities that have electricity. The rationale is described in
>>     more detail at [1]. Tags such as access, fee, schedule and origin
>>     can then narrow down the availability to the public and the
>>     question of financial or direct origin of the electricity.
>>
>>     This is distinct from the drafted tag power_supply as it is used
>>     to describe the type of sockets used at a specific outlet. The
>>     values for that tag are still currently under discussion.
>>
>>     I would also not tag this as a subset of power=* as this maps the
>>     facilities and features that relate to the generation and
>>     distribution of electrical power and should not be used to map
>>     the consumers of electricity.
>>
>>
>>     I am eager to hear the feedback to the revised proposals!
>>     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>     Also, perhaps relevant: both the power_supply
>>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_supply> and socket
>>     <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:socket> keys describe
>>     the same feature. power_supply so far has occasionally been used
>>     in the manner that electricity proposes to be. Unfortunately, the
>>     proposal for power_supply is relatively inconsistent. I think the
>>     socket:* tag is better thought out and also currently more used.
>>     I would be in favor of deprecating power_supply and separating
>>     the two meanings it currently has into electricity=* and socket:*=#.
>>
>>     Regards,
>>
>>     Lukas
>>
>>
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