On 21/11/22 10:47, François Lacombe wrote:
Good evening,
Le dim. 20 nov. 2022 à 17:36, stevea <stevea...@softworkers.com> a écrit :
In fact, I can imagine a variety of tags that describe much
(approaching or even achieving?) all of this:
office=utility
utility=water;sewer;garbage
utility=accepts_payment
utility=cable_tv
utility=allows_equipment_exchange
utility=furnishes_service_equipment
utility:payment=in_person_only
utility:payment=kiosk
utility:payment=cash_only
utility:payment=accepts_checks
Those aren’t necessarily the exact tags OSM might eventually
settle upon, but they do indicate what’s possible. Again, it’s a
pretty big universe, as “utilities” encompass more than power /
energy, and there are a vast number of ways to “deal with
customers at an office.” (There’s the office itself, what sort of
services are available, when/whether it is staffed (it may be
simply a drop-box for payment), what sort of services and payments
are exchanged…).
utility=* key is already widely used and expect one single value, in
every situation.
Please don't introduce utility=power;gas;waste.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:utility
I've also answered here about its usage in this proposal
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/Power_utility_office#Use_sub-key_instead
I'm not sure tagging offices with utility=* is really suitable for the
current definition: offices aren't involved in production,
transmission, distribution or delivery of power, telecommunications,
gas, whatever.
Some offices are involved in the sale and administration of the utility.
Buried utilities here were legally required to be in separate trenches,
that has changed so that one trench can be used for multiple utilities,
so it may be required for the key 'utility' to accept multiple values.
Many of the present values for the key 'utility' look to be what is
being discuses for these offices.
The key 'utility' has evolved over time from only the key 'marker' to
also accepting the tags 'man_made=utility_pole' and 'building=service'.
Further evolution might take place.
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