> Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2017 12:14:11 +0100 > From: Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> > To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" > <tagging@openstreetmap.org> > Subject: Re: [Tagging] Power Tower Landuse = ? > > > > On 4 July 2017 11:07:04 BST, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >2017-07-04 1:56 GMT+02:00 John Willis <jo...@mac.com>: > > > >> it seems like other long-term infrastructure (power towers, > >communication > >> towers) are suggested to be landuse=industrial. > >> > >> I really think there should be some kind of subtag then, because not > >only > >> can you define what and why you are tagging, but it allows presets to > >be > >> easily created in iD and searched by new taggers. > >> > >> industrial=power, industrial=communication, etc. > >> > > > > > >I agree that a formalization of industrial subtags would be really > >desirable. There are many different kind of things that get this same > >landuse property, e.g. warehouses, production facilities, logistical > >infrastructure (ports, distribution centres, ...). > > > >For the German context (but likely also for other places), there should > >be also a distinction for "light industry" (Gewerbe). > > > >Then it seems strange we don't have yet a standardized list of typical > >top level categories (e.g. automotive, textile, semiconductors, > >electronics, energy, machinery, mining, ...) > > > The correct English term is pylon. > > Although I am a little confused by the purpose of this thread, the presence > of pylons > does not in my experience change the landuse, if they cross farmland the land > beneath them is still farmland or in the case of this photo natural=wood. > > https://flic.kr/p/V8pLyS > > Phil (trigpoint)
In American English most people would call the structure a tower, but according to the convention of OSM using British English, I would defer to the word "pylon." I agree with you Phil; I don't think the small area under a pylon should have its own landuse. I don't think most people think in terms of such a small area when they hear the term "landuse." I think that giving a pylon area a separate landuse is overkill and misleading. Mark _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
