Are these pole currently mapped with power=pole? On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 7:50 AM Warin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Around me, the 'poles' carry; > > power, > > cable internet, > > cable TV (some times the cable carries both TV and internet combined) and > > telephone. > > The don't usually have poles for each service. > > The provision of a national internet service that provides a combined > telephone service means that the telephone cable will be no more. > There is also a reduction of 'landline' telephone as many have dropped > that service as they now all have cell phones. > > > > On 26/05/19 21:32, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > I recently checked the wiki and taginfo, and was surprised that there > > does not seem to be a preferred way to tag telephone poles, in > > contrast to power poles and lampposts. > > > > Options in use are: > > 1) man_made=utility_pole - used 4 930, has a short wiki description: > > "A single pole supporting elevation of any of various and unspecified > > public utilities, such as power transmission, lighting or telephony" > > - so this can also include power poles or poles used for multiple > > types of utilities or lamp posts which also support wires. > > > > 2) communication=pole - used 3316 times, no wiki page > > https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/communication=pole > > > > 3) man_made=pole - used 2251 times, no wiki page > > > > 4) telephone=pole - used 1108 times, no wiki page > > https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=telephone&value=pole > > > > User "Chippy" made a wiki page that documents the various tags in use > > for telecom lines, poles and cabinets, back in 2015, but none of the > > various tags seem to be approved or clearly de facto in use by > > mappers: > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Telecoms#Telephone_Poles > > > > There is also not much tagging of telephone cables (or wires?), but > > there is a documented tag, communication=line - with a wiki page but > > no proposal, used 2550 times. This says "Only the main connections, > > mostly sea cables, should be mapped." > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:communication%3Dline > > > > Perhaps there is a need for a proposal to map minor communication > > cables, eg. communication=minor_line? > > > > Is there a need to map smaller telephone or utility poles? > > > > I don't have any personal interest in mapping this right now (I'm > > still working on rivers, villages and highways in my area!) but it > > seems similar to "power=minor_line" and "power=pole" in significance, > > and I suppose it's better to develop a good tagging system now. > > > > While using the key "man_made" would be easiest, perhaps the > > communication key is a good idea, parallel to "power"? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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