On Saturday, 25 January 2020, Thibault Molleman wrote: > Hi, > > Back in 2018 all countries in the European Union were forced to switch > their naming scheme for fuels at gas stations to the new E5/E10/B7 scheme > (referring to the amount of bio-ethanol in the fuel. > > Sources: > http://www.flanderstoday.eu/petrol-98-and-95-labels-change-next-week > https://ec.europa.eu/ireland/news/new-eu-fuel-labelling-clearer-information-for-consumers-and-operators_en > > But I noticed on the wiki that nothing is mentioned about that. > And looking at the taginfo for europe (I know it's not all of the EU, but > only the Union countries. But it's a good approximation) it seems like the > old tags are still used most often: > 55 475 | fuel:diesel > 47 010 | fuel:octane_95 > 29 636 | fuel:octane_98 > 12 232 | fuel:e10 > 40 | fuel:e5 > https://taginfo.geofabrik.de/europe/search?q=fuel#keys > > And B7 (diesel) isn't mentioned on the wiki and doesn't seem to be used > either. > > So I guess the questions are: > - Should the wiki be changed to make it clear that in European Union > countries octane 95/98 shouldn't be used and E10/E5 should be used instead? > - Because there is only one type of Diesel, should that tag just stay > Diesel or be replaced with B7 for consistency? (I think it makes more sense > to keep it diesel since it does not matter and makes things more confusing > potentially) > > Would love to hear your feedback
Whilst information on ethanol could be added to the wiki and as an additional tag removing the octane value would be entrirely wrong. I have been noticing that filling stations in the UK do now display the E rating alongside the octane, but it can never be a replacement as, for example, the last time I filled up I had a choice of 95 Octane at E5 and 99 Octane at E5. So whilst Ethanol tagging is important, as a classic car owner it is worrying and seeking the -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
