Hello Vucodil fantastic news from the BIPT. I would advise you to ask the BIPT to share the list as well on the federal government open data portal <https://data.gov.be/>. It is only a small step for them now (they already approved us using the data). I see some advantages in that: it will stimulate other federal organisations to do the same, and they'll be (hopefully) more inclined to keep the list updated with new antennas and operators.
Other question: how will we keep everything up to date? Imagine a new version of the list is released in 1y. How can we easily check the information on OSM is up to date? KR Maarten Op zo 8 mrt. 2020 om 14:16 schreef Vucodil via Talk-be < [email protected]>: > 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 > <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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >
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