Hi all, I just shared this on the community site so will share here for completeness: --- I think it depends on the type of charger. If it’s ABC Service Station or XYZ Hotel and they have a charger on their site, as an ancillary feature to their primary business, that they self own and manage, I don’t think it needs a dedicated name.
If it’s ABC Restaurant and the company who installed/operates the charger is different, then the name should be included. If it’s a shopping centre which had many other tenants (all named, of which the charging operator is another tenant), or just an unnamed car park in a town (where the charging station is the only named feature), then the charger name is even more relevant. The apps for the various charging networks all list a name for each of their sites, so there is a canonical name which can be used. On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 11:09 PM Phil Wyatt <p...@wyatt-family.com> wrote: > Hi Sebastian, > > > > I suppose for me it’s a question of should OSM hold a name which can be > made from other attributes and does it fit with the name and charging wikis? > > > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dcharging_station > > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name > > > > Do tesla chargers/charge areas also have reference numbers like other > networks? This usually goes in the ref key. > > > > I suspect many of these are ‘named’ simply so they get a label in the > carto map without people realising that the operator and ref are used for > labelling charging stations in that map instance. > > > > Other apps may well use other OSM attributes. > > > > Some interesting ‘name’ insights in this post as well > > > > https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/SimonPoole/diary/397565 > > > > Cheers – Phil > > > > *From:* Sebastian S. <mapp...@consebt.de> > *Sent:* Thursday, 15 December 2022 10:34 PM > *To:* talk-au@openstreetmap.org; Phil Wyatt <p...@wyatt-family.com>; > 'Warin' <61sundow...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] 'Named' EV chargers > > > > Hello all, > > As an EV driver I think that some charge stations have names. > > I do agree that 'Tesla Supercharger ' is not a name with much value. Tesla > has names in their app for these charging stations, e.g. 'Tesla > Supercharger Hollydene, NSW' or 'Tesla Supercharger Central Coast, NSW'. > For the latter the name is not the same as the address which is one of my > key reasons to have the name tag, full length. > > Aside from the Tesla supercharger there will be other large high current > or DC charging stations that in my view warrant a name. Mainly because the > are or will be key stopover points that people will navigate to. > > But I'm also of the opinion that the name of the Woolworths in Dee Why is > ' Woolworths Dee Why ' > > Seb > > On 15 December 2022 8:23:19 pm AEDT, Phil Wyatt <p...@wyatt-family.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Warin, > > > > Its pretty obvious that most are not real names but actually descriptions > or operators/networks and locations > > > > https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1p4N > > > > Cheers - Phil > > > > > > *From:* Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Thursday, 15 December 2022 8:00 PM > *To:* talk-au@openstreetmap.org > *Subject:* Re: [talk-au] 'Named' EV chargers > > > > > > On 15/12/22 17:11, Ben Kelley wrote: > > My thoughts: > > > > I wouldn't remove the names. It's a big call to say that this thing > definitely does not have a name, when someone else says it does, especially > if 50% have a name. > > > > "Tesla supercharger" is not an individual name, probably a brand. And > there would be many that have that "name" in the world. It would be like > tagging some petrol stations with 'name=Shell'. > > The easiest thing to do is change the key 'name' to 'description', that > way OSM looses no information. > > Then add tags for brand/operator/ref/*. > > > > > > - Ben. > > > > On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 at 14:24, Phil Wyatt <p...@wyatt-family.com> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > Thoughts on 'named' EV chargers? Around 50% of chargers in Oz have some > 'name'. > > > > Most look to be adding the either the location or name of the operator etc > (ie Freds Shop, XYZ carpark, Tesla supercharger etc), I suspect so it gets > rendered on the map. > > > > Are folks happy if I remove the names. I will ensure that no details are > lost by making sure any operator or network details gets added to the > correct tags. > > > > (I will also post to Oceania Forum and Discord) > > > > [Overpass query](https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1p4u) > > > > Cheers - Phil > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-au mailing list > > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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