Hey,

Supercool initiative! Unfortunately, I do not have enough time to help
out with everything, but you have my support to add those to OSM as well
- it will be a big added value.

Kind regards,
Pietervdvn

On 08.03.20 15:34, Midgard wrote:
> Cool news!
>
> 1) Instead of doing it once, wouldn't it be nicer to keep it updated? 
> Generating a list of changes
>    between two versions of the source file would be trivial.
>
> 2) Three meters is way, way, way too little. I opened the data and looked at 
> literally the first
>    antenna I saw in OSM, and it was 4.5 meters from BIPT's position. I would 
> consider 25 meters the
>    bare minimum.
>
> 3) And even then, just dumping elements in OSM without manual review is not 
> considered best
>    practice, but since it's only nodes, things are relatively simple and I 
> won't object. I would
>    just like to see that they're not placed too close to any other existing 
> node, but that can be
>    checked automatically.
>
> Thanks for discussing before doing!
>
> Kind regards,
> Midgard
>
> Quoting Vucodil via Talk-be (2020-03-08 14:15:26)
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Recently, we got the permission from ibpt.be to use their data in 
>> OpenStreetMap: 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/ibpt_belgium_antennas
>>
>> This includes all the antennas (more than 9000) managed by the three 
>> operators (Proximus, Mobistar and Telenet) with the info on who manages 
>> which antennas and their localisation.
>>
>> I wish to import them in a semi-automatic import. But before that, I wish to 
>> have your feedback on the:
>>
>> General workflow 
>>
>> For the workflow, you can find it at the end of the import wiki page. The 
>> main idea is that the antennas to close to existing antennas will be 
>> manually reviewed.
>> What do you think about that? Is it safe enough?
>>
>> Tags to use
>>
>> As there is around 300 antennas currently in Belgium 
>> (https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/QPC) and considering that this import will 
>> bring more than 9000 antennas, I think the tags of the import should be 
>> carefully chosen. 
>>
>> The tags for the objects related to telecoms are not well defined. Various 
>> sources of information are available (see at the end of this email).
>> If we choose to only map the antenna itself by excluding the support (mast, 
>> tower, roof, ...), it seems to exist two tags:
>>
>> - man_made=antenna 
>> (https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/man_made=antenna#overview)
>>
>> - telecoms=antenna 
>> (https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/?key=telecom&value=antenna)
>>
>> the first one being much more used. That's the one that I suggest. You can 
>> see more details on the tagging here: 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Catalogue/ibpt_belgium_antennas#Data_Preparation
>>
>> With the data from IBPT, it make sense to only focus on the antenna itself 
>> and not on the support as we don't have any information on it.
>> In cities, it will usually be on roofs or underground like in tunnels but in 
>> the countryside, it is often on communication towers.
>>
>> Mapping only the antenna enable us to later map more complex things like in 
>> this proposal 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Radio_antennas_mapping_proposal.png 
>>   where I really like the separation between:
>>
>> - antenna
>> - support
>> - station
>>
>> Note that today, most antennas in Belgium are mapped via their support (mast 
>> or tower).
>>
>> What do you think about the tagging that I suggest? Does it make sense ?
>>
>> Vucodil
>>
>> PS: I sent two mails in a week about import. It is a coincidence, I'm not 
>> doing only that!
>>
>> Sources of information: 
>>
>> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dantenna
>> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Telecoms
>> - 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Telecommunications_tower
>> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dmast 
>> - https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcommunications_tower
>> - 
>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/FR:Proposed_features/Key:antenna#Les_antennes_t.C3.A9l.C3.A9com
>> - https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-be/2011-April/001970.html
>>
>> - https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-be/2011-April/001971.html
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