#5016: Simple mode still uses deprecated power=* tags
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Reporter: compdude | Owner: potlatch-dev@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: minor | Milestone:
Component: potlatch2 | Version:
Keywords: tagging, power, deprecated |
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When you go edit power-related things in Simple mode, the tags it adds to
certain nodes and ways are ones that have been deprecated.
* When you select "Substation," it adds the tag {{{power=station}}} to the
selected node or way. However,
[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:power%3Dstation the wiki page for
power=station] says that tag has been deprecated since January 2013.
Change this so that the tag {{{power=substation}}} (not
{{{power=sub_station}}}, as that tag has been recently deprecated and
replaced with {{{power=substation}}}) is added instead when one selects
"Substation" from the menu. You can also add tags that denote the type of
substation, be it a transmission substation, distribution substation, or
converter substation (from AC to DC and vice versa). See the
[http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:power%3Dsubstation wiki page for
power=substation] for more info.
* When you are editing a {{{power=generator}}} node/way in Simple mode
there is a pull-down menu where you can select the power source. This uses
the tag {{{power_source=*}}}, which also appears to be deprecated because
its [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:power_source wiki page]
redirects to the page for the {{{generator:source=*}}} tag. There is also
a new {{{generator:method=*}}} tag, a {{{generator:output=*}}} tag, and a
{{{generator:type=*}}}. Please add these tags to the simple mode.
There are a few other things that, when selected, add the wrong tags to
the selected way or node:
* Selecting Transformer from the menu adds the {{{power=sub_station}}} tag
to the selected way/node. First of all, substations don't always have
transformers in them, so this is the wrong tag to be adding. Anyway, there
is a new tag specifically for transformers, which is
{{{power=transformer}}}, so please change this. Also, a transformer is
best mapped as a node rather than a way, so maybe make it so that this
option is only available when a node is selected.
* The Power Plant (Station) option adds the tag {{{power=generator}}}.
There is now a tag called {{{power=plant}}} that can be used to map the
power plant as a whole. Many plants contain multiple generators; these are
best mapped as a node, so make it so you can add the power=generator tag
only to nodes.
I know this is a lot of things to change, but I would really appreciate it
if you did change these things so that new users will stop using
deprecated tags.
Thanks in advance,
Compdude
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Ticket URL: <https://trac.openstreetmap.org/ticket/5016>
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