Currently, some users create one amenity <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> node (or area) to represent a charging location, regardless of the number of charging points at the location. Other users map each individual charge point within a charging location as a separate amenity <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> node. This second approach creates duplicate entries in search results and elsewhere, such as in this case with 36 identical charge points <https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=19/51.64957/5.04170>. As the number of charging stations are growing rapidly it would be helpful to clarify how charging stations should be mapped
Following a long discussion <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810> on the OSM community site, I propose certain clarifications on how to map and tag EV charging stations. The definition of amenity <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> will change slightly and will represent both locations with a single charge point and locations with a group of chargers. A new optional feature, man_made <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:man_made>=charge_point <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/w/index.php?title=Tag:man_made%3Dcharge_point&action=edit&redlink=1> will be created to separate detailed mapping of each charge point from the main amenity <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=charging_station <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station> feature at locations. Here is the proposal <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping>. Please comment on the discussion page <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:Proposed_features/EV_Charging_Station_Mapping>, grouped by topic. Many comments have already been made in this discussion thread <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/charging-stations-sites-or-individual-chargers/96810> . This announcement has been cross posted to the community forum <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/rfc-feature-proposal-ev-charging-station-mapping/97507> . /NKA
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