On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:06 AM, François Lacombe < francois.laco...@telecom-bretagne.eu> wrote:
> That's actually very nice ! > > >> Its a man_made=MDF (Main Distribution Frame) - ONKZ is the area code >> which is variable length in Germany and we have approx. ~6000 of them. >> >> A CO/MDF in Germany will be identified through their Area-Code ONKZ >> and the ASB (Anschlussbereich) which is a segment of that area code. >> > > In my mind, MDF is only a functional part of a central office (like > switches, DSLAM, power supplies). *We shouldn't summarize the building > itself to a part inside it*, should you ? > > >> But i'd favour a group of "telecomunication" based tags. There is more >> to be mapped e.g. what we call Kabelverzweiger (Kvz) >> > > Ok for me, but let's be careful with security and industrial privacy, as > usual in OSM. > The pictures in the wikipedia article were not what we call MDF in North America. I believe they go my a number of different names. I'll ask one of my friends that worked out doors what they are called. > > Before starting using it at a large scale : should we use telecom=* or > telecom*S*=* ? > I'd go with telecom. Also called telco, but that term fortunately hasn't been tagged. > > Then, it seems we can still use "central_office" for such buildings, but : > - Should we add services it provides ? (DSL,Cable TV,telephone...) > I don't think you can. Basically a central office provides many services. Small ones might exist that only provide pots and could be tagged as such. But most CO provide dsl, pots, etc. > - How would we distinguish a copper central office from optical or coax > ones ? Be careful, a copper one can be an optic one or coax one too. > I don't think you can. It would have to be an imported source of data. Then you have the problem of keeping it current. -- Clifford OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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