Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-25 Thread François Lacombe
Hi, Before creating anything on wiki, let's try to summarize quickly what have been said above. Unfortunately, I can't find the Australian discussion dealing with telecom networks. And telecom=* is merely used in France, man_made=MDF in Germany... http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/?key=teleco

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread Clifford Snow
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 2:06 AM, François Lacombe < francois.laco...@telecom-bretagne.eu> wrote: > That's actually very nice ! > > >> Its a man_made=MDF (Main Distribution Frame) - ONKZ is the area code >> which is variable length in Germany and we have approx. ~6000 of them. >> >> A CO/MDF in Ger

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread Malcolm Herring
On 20/11/2013 23:53, François Lacombe wrote: Is "Central Office" the right english term for all kind of nodes ? No. Central Office (North American term) or [telephone]exchange (UK/Ireland term) usually implies the location of a switch as well as the MDF and line terminations. However local lo

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread François Lacombe
2013/11/21 SomeoneElse > > No. "Lines terminating without a switch inside" is in English (at least > in the language of the former monopoly provider) a "Cabinet". > I'm not a native english speaker but I use to imagine a "cabinet" like this : http://www.infos-reseaux.com/photos/image/39-s-r Ev

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
2013/11/21 François Lacombe > In my mind, MDF is only a functional part of a central office (like > switches, DSLAM, power supplies). *We shouldn't summarize the building > itself to a part inside it*, should you ? > if you want to tag the building use a building-tag ;-) > > >> But i'd favou

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread SomeoneElse
François Lacombe wrote: 2013/11/21 Malcolm Herring > No. Central Office (North American term) or [telephone]exchange (UK/Ireland term) usually implies the location of a switch as well as the MDF and line terminations. So in tagging tagging

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread François Lacombe
2013/11/21 Malcolm Herring > > No. Central Office (North American term) or [telephone]exchange > (UK/Ireland term) usually implies the location of a switch as well as the > MDF and line terminations. > > So in tagging tagging telecom network infrastructure, you need to know > what equipment is pr

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/21/13 12:32 PM, SomeoneElse wrote: > > Likewise if you want to use the correct English term for what you're > calling "Central Office" or "MDF", use "Telephone Exchange". I've > never heard the description "Central Office" before - presumably it's > American only. Exchange is in common use i

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread François Lacombe
Hi, Thank you for your feedbacks. 2013/11/21 Clifford Snow > Central Office is a good general term for telecom offices. There specific > types, but central office captures the bulk. > > In the US, our FCC just announced that they would like to see a transition > from the older legacy switches t

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-21 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:53:56AM +0100, François Lacombe wrote: > Hi, > > A discussion on French list seems to enlight a spelling problem about > telecom=central_office tag. > > Currently, buildings hosting telecom local loops connection nodes are > tagged with telecom=central_office, mainly in

Re: [Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-20 Thread Clifford Snow
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 3:53 PM, François Lacombe < francois.laco...@telecom-bretagne.eu> wrote: > A discussion on French list seems to enlight a spelling problem about > telecom=central_office tag. > > Currently, buildings hosting telecom local loops connection nodes are > tagged with telecom=cen

[Tagging] Telecoms local loops connections nodes

2013-11-20 Thread François Lacombe
Hi, A discussion on French list seems to enlight a spelling problem about telecom=central_office tag. Currently, buildings hosting telecom local loops connection nodes are tagged with telecom=central_office, mainly in France according to taginfo http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/telecom#map