[Talk-GB] Western Power Distribution

[Mat Attlee]

Does it have an entry in the NSI? If so that could be updated and then id
editor and the like will suggest upgrading the tags whenever people edit
those objects

On Thu, 4 Aug 2022, 6:20 pm Dave F via Talk-GB, <talk-gb at openstreetmap.org>
wrote:

> Are you suggesting the tag was originally added to 6000 power poles by
> contributors performing on the ground surveys & not armchair mapping?
>
> No matter what the signage says the operator for the 10,500 power tags &
> 16000 wiki tags is National Grid.
> It just means they'll be operating the division with out of date signage.
>
> I see no reason why these shouldn't be updated en masse.
>
> DaveF
>
> On 04/08/2022 17:20, Tony Shield wrote:
>
> I guess it will take Western Power Distribution years to change the labels
> on all of their equipment, so if we change all of them in one hit it
> doesn't map what's on the ground and I suspect people will change it back.
> So I would be inclined to leave them until they are verified on the ground
> as having changed.
>
> Tony
> On 04/08/2022 16:48, Jez Nicholson wrote:
>
> before anyone asks, that's 10,610 OSM objects
> https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org.uk/tags/operator=Western%20Power%20Distribution
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 2:17 PM Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Western Power Distribution - https://www.westernpower.co.uk/ - have
>> announced that their name will change, following acquisition by
>> National Grid.
>>
>> Should we plan an automated change for the operator: tag on their
>> substations and other infrastructure?
>>
>> --
>> Andy Mabbett
>> @pigsonthewing
>> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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