[Tagging] Feature Proposal - RFC - Power utility office

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 at 08:05, Matija Nalis <
mnalis-openstreetmaplist at voyager.hr> wrote:

>
> However, "energy company" is not restricted to electrical energy.
> Over here in Croatia, another popular energent is natural gas.
>
> In fact, many of "electrical energy providers" are also
> "natural gas providers" over here, so such narrowly specified tag
> as "office=power_utility"  would make mapping them incorrect.
>
> So I would find sticking to tag with a wider meaning (like existing
> "office=energy_supplier")
> preferable.
>

Yep, same in Australia, where most of the major "power" companies also
provide gas connections, either piped natural gas, or bottled gas.

One, at least, has also recently set themselves up as an internet provider!

Or if we desparately need a change, then go with even more inclusive tag
> like "office=public_utility",
> and then use subtag (like existing
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:utility) to map details
> in what business(es) it is exactly.
>
> > In a nearby city to where I live, the city owned utility provides
> > electricity, water, sewer, and internet.
>

That would work nicely!

Thanks

Graeme
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