Tobias Knerr wrote: > Steve Bennett wrote: > >>> Remember there are 20000 active mappers out there having a specific idea >>> about that tag in their head, >>> >> That's what I'm trying to determine. I suspect that the 20,000 active >> mappers actually have several different ideas in their heads. Can you >> think of a good way to find this out? >> > > A good start might be to look at the translations. For example, the > German wiki page for power=*[1], as well as several other pages, defines > power=station as "Umspannwerk"[2]. I therefore assume that in Germany, > many of the uses of the "station" value will be for what you would call > a "substation". > > Tobias Knerr > > [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/DE:Key:power > [2] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umspannwerk
That's interesting. I was led to believe that the German equivalent of power station (as in coal fired/nuclear generators) was kraftwerk, as in the pioneering synthesizer band. It appears there is a difference of understanding. I've used, & seen used by others - building=power_station. To me power is energy. It's not a physical entity. Therefore it shouldn't be used as a key. & so to follow on I think: power=tower should be pylon=electricity power=line should be cable=electricity Remember, we're meant to be mapping _physical_ entities & tagging them as such. Cheers Dave F. PS & Don't get me start on using historic as a key. I mean, it's an adjective & therefore subjective. That's just asking for trouble. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
