IMO, this is another of those issues that depends on what country you're in. I have always used the term weigh_station in the U.S. I see that weighbridge and its variants is more popular but the situation is a mess at the moment. I had never heard of the term weightbridge until I looked it up on the OSM Wiki.
Also FYI, I noticed but did not add to OSM a sensor type weighing device in Thailand the other day. My quick glance at the sign suggests it is a type of scale you merely drive over and the weight is computer somehow without the necessity of stopping the vehicle. weight_sensor=yes or some variation might apply in that case. On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Gerd Petermann < gpetermann_muenc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > reg. contact tool: > > I agree that spamming is a problem. > > > My current way to contact the mapper is to add a comment to the > > changeset, did that > 100 times now, typically with good response. > > A typical comment looks like this: > > Please review [way(s) / node(s) ] id,id,... > > The tag tagkey1=tagvalue1 is rarely used, did you mean > > tagkey2=tagvalue2 ? See also <link to wiki page> > > > Another typical comment looks like this: > > Please review [way(s) / node(s) ] id,id,... > > > I've changed the rarely used tag ... to ... > > See also <link to wiki page> > > > So, what I have in mind might be a JOSM plugin. > > > Gerd > > > > > ------------------------------ > *Von:* Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> > *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 29. Oktober 2015 12:17 > *An:* tagging@openstreetmap.org > *Betreff:* Re: [Tagging] How to tag a weigh station / bridge ? > > > > On 29/10/2015 9:39 PM, Gerd Petermann wrote: > > Hi all, > > > the wiki documents > > amenity=weighbridge (taginfo reports 386 uses) > > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Aamenity%3Dweighbridge > > > I would NOT use amenity! > > And status=in_use? less than 400 total. > > Besides several different spellings like > > amenity=weigh_bridge (8), weightbridge (3) ,... > > and other similar tags like > > amenity=weigh_station (21) > > ... > > I've found several nodes or ways tagged e.g. > > highway=weigh_station (60) > > highway=weighbridge (9) > > > man_made=weighbridge (44) > > man_made=weigh_bridge (6) > > man_made=weighing_scale (4) > > man_made=weighting_machine (1) > > and further spelling variatons. > > Of the above I would prefer > > man_made=weighbridge > > Can be applied to railways, highways with equal ease. And yes both railways > and highways have them. > > A weighting scale, machine may be for postal items, personal scales... a > weighbridge is for vehicles. > > > > weight_sensor=yes (1) > > weight_bridge (1) > > > I would think the critical things would be the weight limit and the weight > resolution. > Not what kind of sensor is employed. > > > > I guess most of them describe the same thing. > > It would be great to have a tool which allows to contact > > all mappers that used the different versions and ask > > them to check if the most often used tag is matching. > > Do we have a tool like that ? If not, would it be welcomed? > > > Need to be careful not to support spam! > Other than that .. yes, would make contact easier .. but a discussion page > would be better rather than private emails? > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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