2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com>: > So obviously this is a tower: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_transmission_lines.jpg
+1 > and this is a pole (no matter what voltage it carries): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyl%C3%B4ne_haute_tension.JPG -1, poles are solid, the one you show is probably a tube. If you compare to the images in the wiki: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Minor.jpg http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Pole3.jpg you will also find that they are smaller. so this might be a tower as well (see that the definition for tower includes pylons). The problem is that tower is not a well adaptable term, pole neither. The latter is a single, solid cylinder (though refering to the construction type) while tower is a very generic term refering to a structure usually taller than wide. > But what about something like this, where there are several poles with > crossbars: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_power_transmission_-_Ljusdal.JPG that is 3 poles, and therefore not corresponding to the wiki definition (single pole). Either you tag it tower or we change the pole definition, or we add another type of supporting structure. > Or this, where a single pole is made of metal with diagonals: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stork_nest_on_power_mast.jpg nice pictures, but I can't see any pole in it. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
