[Talk-GB] link microwave masts

Robert Hanwell robert at mailsent.co.uk
Fri Jan 1 10:14:03 UTC 2021


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On 1 Jan 2021, 11:06, at 11:06, Edward Catmur <ecatmur at googlemail.com> wrote:
>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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