[Talk-GB] link microwave masts

[Edward Catmur]

If the links aren't currently in use, I would map them but with a lifecycle
prefix[1]. So, disused:communication= microwave_link or
abandoned:communication= microwave_link, depending on how much equipment is
still in place on the towers.

1. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix

On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 11:00 AM Robert Hanwell <robert at mailsent.co.uk>
wrote:

> Ok thanks. I'm thinking updating this into the points on the map.
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Telecom_microwave_network
>
> But as it's probably no current would you still mark it on the map?
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> On 1 Jan 2021, at 10:55, Edward Catmur <ecatmur at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 10:15 AM Robert Hanwell via Talk-GB <
>> talk-gb at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just wonder if there was a tag to state the link between microwave
>>> masts? Ground base communication network where a mast is point to point.
>>>
>>>
>> Taginfo shows[1]  41 ways with communication=microwave_link. Mostly[2] in
>> South Africa but a few in Europe.
>>
>> 1.  https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/communication=microwave_link
>> 2.  https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/11T4
>>
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