Of course I agree with you, Volker. But "aerial line" refers to all the conductors transmitting different lives/phases whereas underground power cable, at high voltage, refers to only one phase/conductor. http://www.nexans.no/eservice/Norway-no_NO/fileLibrary/Download_540199654/Norway/files/Underground_power_cables.pdf
*So, many underground cables are needed to set up a line!* You may have multi-conductors cables up to 150 kV but you still have several conductors. Insulation is mandatory underground because we can't put enough space between conductors, instead of what is done in the air. The right question is "*do we map cables separately or lines*"? It's all about the vocabulary we use. http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CnkQkGiPmbs/UFM6M2N0lUI/AAAAAAAAArk/IMZxA3i6SmY/s1600/tunnel.png If we map cables we must do the same for both aerial and underground lines and I'm not sure it would be really efficient. 2013/1/15 Volker Schmidt <[email protected]> > In English, overground power transmission is done by overground power *lines > *(strands of metal without insulation, using the air as insulator), > underground power transmission is done by means of underground power * > cables* (strands of metal with insulation) > (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_power_transmission, > #Underground transmission) > > For that reason I would consider power=line + location=underground at > least confusing, if not contradictory. power=cable + location=underground > is definitely to be preferred. > > Volker > > -- > Volker SCHMIDT > Via del Cristo 28 > 35127 Padova > Italy > > mailto:[email protected] > personal mobile: +39-340-1427105 > skype: volker.schmidt > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > -- *François Lacombe* francois dot lacombe At telecom-bretagne dot eu http://www.infos-reseaux.com
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