Philip Barnes wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 22:22 +, Chris Hill wrote:
> > On 16/02/13 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> > > Deanna Earley wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 07/02/2013 09:49, o...@raggedred.net wrote:
> > >>> A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick
> thing
> > >>>
On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 22:22 +, Chris Hill wrote:
> On 16/02/13 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote:
> > Deanna Earley wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/02/2013 09:49, o...@raggedred.net wrote:
> >>> A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick thing
> >>> on the end of a church or castle
> >>
On 16/02/13 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote:
Deanna Earley wrote:
On 07/02/2013 09:49, o...@raggedred.net wrote:
A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick thing
on the end of a church or castle
Especially as another well known mapping agency over here has 3
different churc
Deanna Earley wrote:
> On 07/02/2013 09:49, o...@raggedred.net wrote:
> > A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick thing
> > on the end of a church or castle
>
> Especially as another well known mapping agency over here has 3
> different church symbols, "Church", "Church w
On 07/02/2013 09:49, o...@raggedred.net wrote:
A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick thing
on the end of a church or castle
Especially as another well known mapping agency over here has 3
different church symbols, "Church", "Church with tower" and "Church with
spire"
2013/2/7 Jonathan Bennett :
> On 07/02/2013 11:33, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
>> but: there are antennas where the whole structure acts as antenna
>> (mast=antenna). Maybe this is an example:
>
> Yes, but unless you can explain, unambiguously how you identify those
> vs. other types of mask, you're
2013/2/7 Philip Barnes :
> I think that a tower has some means, such as stairs to climb it, so that
> covers things like the eiffel tower, I would also include a fire station
> tower in this, many are steel girder structures, but have stairs.
+1, but also masts might have some kind of ladder or s
On 07/02/2013 11:33, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> but: there are antennas where the whole structure acts as antenna
> (mast=antenna). Maybe this is an example:
Yes, but unless you can explain, unambiguously how you identify those
vs. other types of mask, you're going to hit a verifiability problem
I think that a tower has some means, such as stairs to climb it, so that covers
things like the eiffel tower, I would also include a fire station tower in
this, many are steel girder structures, but have stairs.
Phil
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On 07/02/2013 10:56 ael wrote:
On Wed, Feb 06, 20
2013/2/7 ael :
> In the UK English, the word tower without context would usually suggest
> a stone, often historic, structure.
but that's why we do put context to man_made=tower (e.g. with
tower:type and tower:construction)
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/tower:type
http://taginfo.openstree
2013/2/7 Jonathan Bennett :
> On 06/02/2013 20:59, fly wrote:
>> What we call man_made=mast is still a tower and man_made=antenna should be
>> mast,
>> where as antennas are only the transmitter/receiver.
>
> To this British English speaker:
>
> Tower == any self-supporting structure, irrespective
On Wed, Feb 06, 2013 at 06:47:03PM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> In UK English, the word "aerial" is used instead of "antenna".
>
> I have the impression, not well substantiated, that what I would call a
> tower in the US is often called a mast in the UK, particularly if it is
> not particularly tal
On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:12 AM, John Sturdy wrote:
> +1 --- for me (UK English), "tower" implies brickwork or stone.
Not always :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
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On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 9:49 AM, wrote:
> The local TV and radio here is broadcast from Belmont. The structure is often
> called Belmont mast, as are other tall broadcast structures. Belmont mast was
> until 2007 the tallest structure in the UK, so size is not the key. It is
> guyed. A mast ca
On 06/02/2013 20:59, fly wrote:
> What we call man_made=mast is still a tower and man_made=antenna should be
> mast,
> where as antennas are only the transmitter/receiver.
To this British English speaker:
Tower == any self-supporting structure, irrespective of material or purpose
Mast == Usuall
Greg Troxel
>In UK English, the word "aerial" is used instead of "antenna".
IMO aerial is more the thing on a small device or the receiving antenna on a
house roof.
>
>I have the impression, not well substantiated, that what I would call a
>tower in the US is often called a mast in the UK,
fly writes:
> I was trying to get a common tower preset working for JOSM [1], when I
> started reading about the terms on wikipedia (english).
>
> As I am not a native speaker, I like to ask natives about there
> thoughts but as far as I understood it.
>
> What we call man_made=mast is still a t
Hi
I was trying to get a common tower preset working for JOSM [1], when I started
reading about the terms on wikipedia (english).
As I am not a native speaker, I like to ask natives about there thoughts but as
far as I understood it.
What we call man_made=mast is still a tower and man_made=ante
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