[OSM-talk] Dealing with internet_access=wifi

[Andy Townsend]

On 06/01/2016 14:18, Jakob Mühldorfer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> according to taginfo "internet_access=wifi" is used almost 80 times 
> globally.
> Would you agree it is safe to automatically change all of these to 
> "internet_access=wlan"?

As I understand it, "wifi" means "one of the 802.11 variants" whereas 
"wlan" means "any sort of or wireless local area network". However, I 
can't think of a single example in the last decade of something other 
than 802.11 used for _local_ wireless networking, so I'd say they were 
pretty much synonymous, and so no information would be lost.

Can anyone else think of an exception?

Cheers,

Andy