Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-02-17 14:21 GMT+01:00 fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com: Is there any difference considering the foundation of the structure ? Towers usually have one and mast not ? everything that has to put load onto ground will need some sort of foundations, of course masts do have foundations.

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-17 Thread fly
Am 17.02.2015 um 01:07 schrieb Warin: On 16/02/2015 11:33 PM, fly wrote: Be careful some mast as support for wind generators might be entered. Thought antenna vs mast might be a problem but not mast vs tower. Should have added some picture. Please have a look at the pictures on [1] and [2]:

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-17 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-02-17 1:07 GMT+01:00 Warin 61sundow...@gmail.com: I like the easy distinction between mast and tower by the guy wires. If it is technically correct .. actually it isn't working in all cases, there are hybrid towers (still called towers) ___

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-02-16 13:33 GMT+01:00 fly lowfligh...@googlemail.com: Thought antenna vs mast might be a problem but not mast vs tower. antenna and mast are orthogonal concepts, a mast is defining the shape, an antenna the function, that's easy ;-) cheers, Martin

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-16 Thread Warin
On 16/02/2015 11:33 PM, fly wrote: Be careful some mast as support for wind generators might be entered. Thought antenna vs mast might be a problem but not mast vs tower. Cheers fly An antenna is not a mast nor a tower, just as a wind generator is not a mast nor a tower. They may be

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-16 Thread fly
Am 16.02.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2015-02-16 4:25 GMT+01:00 Dave Swarthout daveswarth...@gmail.com: On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I've been taught that a mast is usually not self supporting, ie. has guy wires while a

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-16 Thread fly
Am 16.02.2015 um 13:33 schrieb fly: Am 16.02.2015 um 11:32 schrieb Martin Koppenhoefer: 2015-02-16 4:25 GMT+01:00 Dave Swarthout daveswarth...@gmail.com: On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I've been taught that a mast is usually not self

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-16 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2015-02-16 4:25 GMT+01:00 Dave Swarthout daveswarth...@gmail.com: On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I've been taught that a mast is usually not self supporting, ie. has guy wires while a tower is self supporting. +1 Also, the wiki

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-15 Thread Clifford Snow
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Mihkel Rämmel r...@hot.ee wrote: Does anyone have objections to adding a second picture of mobile mast to man_made=mast on wiki and clarifying that masts can be higher than 'only a few meters'.

[Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-15 Thread Mihkel Rämmel
Does anyone have objections to adding a second picture of mobile mast to man_made=mast on wiki and clarifying that masts can be higher than 'only a few meters'. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Mobile_communications_mast.JPG Mihkel ___ Tagging

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-15 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
Am 15.02.2015 um 21:25 schrieb Clifford Snow cliff...@snowandsnow.us: I've been taught that a mast is usually not self supporting, ie. has guy wires while a tower is self supporting. +1 cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list

Re: [Tagging] high mobile masts on man_made=mast

2015-02-15 Thread Dave Swarthout
On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 4:23 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: I've been taught that a mast is usually not self supporting, ie. has guy wires while a tower is self supporting. +1 Also, the wiki definition needs changing IMO. Maybe they meant to say, a few meters in