2013/2/7 Jonathan Bennett <jonobenn...@gmail.com>: > 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
ok, (I guess "any" is not meant literally) > Mast == Usually guyed structure that exists solely to raise something > else (e.g. antenna, sail) above ground level ok > Antenna/aerial == Electrical device used for sending and/or receiving > radio signals, but not any structure it's attached to. but: there are antennas where the whole structure acts as antenna (mast=antenna). Maybe this is an example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008-07-28_Mast_radiator.jpg cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
