The Wiki article clearly teaches that the amenity=charging_station tag was designed with vehicles in mind. And I reckon for those of you who expressed concern about rendering, that part of it isn't up to me, or us, and will be resolved later.
The big question is whether to expand the use of the tag so it includes devices other than vehicles. The article mentions bicycles but doesn't go into detail about bicycle charging_stations except to say "There are some different types of charging stations. E-Bikes e.g. can be charged at an domestic wall socket." To my mind, that opens the door to expanding the use of the tag. Also the notion of socket:type=USB or socket:USB=* (a number of sockets or "yes") seems fine. The other keys mentioned in the Wiki entry can be used just as they are in many other similar situations: fee=* operator=* access=* voltage=* opening_hours=* These stations, or in the case of the Seattle airport, entire sections of seats, have "domestic wall sockets" offering a way to charge laptops as well as the USB output. The tag socket:nema_5_15=* denoting is bulky to say the least but if that's the established tag for the receptacles found in American homes, then it might work here too. If we don't do it this way, clearly another amenity tag will be needed. I hate to start down that path because I know it will be difficult to achieve any consensus. In the meantime I have tagged those areas with amenity=charging_station until we resolve this question. Regards Dave On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Mark Bradley <ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 17:29:27 +1000 > > From: Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > > To: tagging@openstreetmap.org > > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Airport power and USB stations > > Message-ID: <55602c57.1090...@gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > > > On 23/05/2015 3:57 PM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote: > > > On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 9:34 PM, Dave Swarthout > > > <daveswarth...@gmail.com <mailto:daveswarth...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for the great suggestions. I'm typing on an iPhone so will > > > respond fully after I reach my final destination. > > > > > > amenity=charging_station with subtags for clarification seems to > > > fill the bill. > > > > > > > > > I think that's a choice with high long term costs to rendering and > > > processing engines. > > > > > > What will happen is that you're asking rendering and processing > > > software to keep up with a blizzard of subtags. > > > "charging_station" presently is understood to mean a vehicle charging > > > station, not a generic charging station. Suddenly icons designed for > > > vehicle charging will start appearing inside airports. > > > > > > Similarly: > > > > > > power_supply=cee_17_red > > > power_supply=cee_7_4 > > > power_supply=usb > > > > > > > > > forces rendering to understand a long series of values. For an AC > > > wall plug that means understanding that nema_5_15sev_1011 and > > > cei_23_16 are all types of AC wall plugs, but that USB is something > > > different. > > > It's asking too much from the maintainers of rendering software. > > > > > > ------------ > > > > bbq has the same problem.. electric, wood, gas ... > > as does building .. school, retail, residential, church, post office ... > > > > The rendering 'problem' ? > > > > /To render or not .. that is the question? (to misquote Bill). / > > > > The data can be added .. rendering is another problem. > > First the tagging, then the mapping .. then the rendering. They all > have their problems. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > +1 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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