[Tagging] [RFC] Feature Proposal - EV Charging Station Mapping

[NKA mapper]

Currently, some users create one amenity
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> node
(or area) to represent a charging location, regardless of the number of
charging points at the location. Other users map each individual charge
point within a charging location as a separate amenity
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> node.
This second approach creates duplicate entries in search results and
elsewhere, such as in this case with 36 identical charge points
<https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.64957/5.04170>. As the number of
charging stations are growing rapidly it would be helpful to clarify how
charging stations should be mapped

Following a long discussion
<https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810>
on
the OSM community site, I propose certain clarifications on how to map and
tag EV charging stations. The definition of amenity
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> will
change slightly and will represent both locations with a single charge
point and locations with a group of chargers. A new optional feature,
man_made <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made>=charge_point
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:man_made%3Dcharge_point&action=edit&redlink=1>
will
be created to separate detailed mapping of each charge point from the main
amenity <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> feature
at locations.

Here is the proposal
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping>.
Please comment on the discussion page
<https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping>,
grouped by topic. Many comments have already been made in this discussion
thread
<https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810>
.

This announcement has been cross posted to the community forum
<https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-feature-proposal-ev-charging-station-mapping/97507>
.

/NKA
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