[talk-au] Phone boxes

[cleary]

I have usually mapped roadside public phones as :  amenity=telephone

I would consider that the functionality of the amenity is more important than whether it is located in a cabinet or booth, protected by a perspex shield or just attached to a wall. 




On Mon, 17 May 2021, at 11:13 AM, Alex Sims wrote:
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> Hi,
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> The public phones are enclosed in “cabinets”. It’s a really good 
> question you ask as I’m not sure what official names they have if any. 
> The instrument within them does have a code number and type but the 
> cabinet less so.
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> I was a bit surprised by the Wiki using British Telecom cabinet types 
> instead of generic descriptions. IMHO the tagging should be generic and 
> reflect the features so they are globally understood, so fully enclosed 
> with door, enclosed in a box without a door, partially enclosed, no 
> enclosure 
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> Alex
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> *From: *Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com>
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> I have mapped a few roadside public phones recently & wondered what 
> we're supposed to call them, then just saw this post 
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-May/061453.html 
> which jogged my memory into asking you all.
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> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtelephone refers to 
> the type of booth, & UK types of booth are listed at 
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:booth.
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> Does anybody know what Telstra calls it's booths? (if anything?) eg 
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> https://goo.gl/maps/PDSmT5pprx5ngJ8CA or
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> https://goo.gl/maps/ngDGa8eXPubSPRkP8 
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