On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:19:58 +0200 SelfishSeahorse <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Sep 2018 at 19:34, Martin Koppenhoefer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think it's better to stick to either a common or a technical > > > definition. > > > > > > it doesn’t have to be the British definition of terms, has it? > > It would already be helpful if there actually were a common definition > to distinguish masts from towers. > > By the way, i've written a message to the person who added the > definition to the wiki that 'a tower is accessible and provides > platforms, whereas a mast only offers ladder steps to climb it' [1] > and asked him where this definition comes from and what 'accessible' > exactly means (a ladder also provides access). I suspect it comes from observing European-style radio towers (for example, Fernsehturm Berlin[1]). The confusion comes from the fact that these are virtually unknown outside of Europe and Asia -- there's only one in the Western Hemisphere, and none in Africa. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsehturm_Berlin -- Mark _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
