> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 18:18:14 +0100
> From: Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>
> To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools"
>       <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Tagging] tower types, cooling towers, etc.
> 
> 2017-11-16 17:57 GMT+01:00 Mark Bradley <[email protected]>:
> 
> > I also like the idea of having all towers under one tag, for the same
> > reason as marc marc.
> >
> 
> can you expand, which kind of "all towers" you mean here. Is this including 
> light
> towers, water towers, power towers, bell towers, air traffic control towers, 
> cooling
> towers, drop towers? Are you going by the name? E.g.
> there's the tower of London, but it is tagged as a castle currently, would 
> you suggest
> to retag it as tower?
> 
> http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/370870741
> 
> 
> 
> > I would also like to point out that tower:type=communication_tower is
> > redundant.  Tower:type=communication is sufficient.
> >
> >
> they are describing (physically) very different features, that only have the 
> same or
> similar function from a specific abstract point of view (radio communication, 
> actually
> broadcast = oneway communication). As they are both only about radio
> communication, I find the name generally not well chosen.
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin


You know, after giving it some more thought, I'm not sure what I think.  Forget 
I said it.

Mark

 


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