[Talk-ca] Osmose minor_line question

[Adam Martin]

Thanks. I am not an electrical engineer 😁

Adam

On Thu., Jun. 3, 2021, 1:56 p.m. Bruce Hawkings, <thermal_one at outlook.com>
wrote:

> 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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