[Talk-ca] Osmose minor_line question

[Bruce Hawkings]

Adam:

Power lines are not grounded at the end of the line, that would cause a 
short circuit condition.  There is no excess energy that has to be 
dispersed; it is similar to your garden hose, if you close the nozzle at 
the end the water just stops flowing!

Bruce

------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Martin" <s.adam.martin at gmail.com>
To: "Talk-CA OpenStreetMap" <talk-ca at openstreetmap.org>
Sent: 2021-06-03 9:35:36 AM
Subject: [Talk-ca] Osmose minor_line question

>Hi all,
>
>I've been adding power infrastructure around my area in OSM for several 
>months now.  Power towers, power poles, power lines, minor lines, 
>transformers, and so forth.  Looking at Osmose, I noticed that it 
>considers a minor power line that stops near a house to be an error 
>(though a low one).  Specifically, I am told that I have Unfinished 
>power minor lines.  I've been trying to clear any issues like that that 
>I see (and especially those I create), but I have a question about how 
>to end them.  Osmose recommends location:transition=yes, but I 
>disagree.  The end of pole lines, at least in my area / province, do 
>not transition into underground lines, they just end.  They represent 
>the last connection to a home on that line and terminate there (and, I 
>assume, the excess energy is grounded, as in transmitted into the 
>ground and dispersed safely).
>
>My thinking was that, if I use the location:transition=yes, this is 
>factually incorrect.  I think it would be better to use 
>location:transition=grounded or maybe minor_line=grounding or similar.
>
>Thoughts?
>
>Adam
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