I probably wouldn't add the antenna tags either, unless it is visible and useful for navigational purposes. If possible, please add the network name as well, something like this:
operator=Comune di Cividale del Friuli internet_access=wlan internet_access:ssid=FVGWiFi This is a bit sketchy question, as without additional tags, people could mistake these for real open hotspots that are open to tourists as well: "Places where internet access is only for members or private persons, and not offered to the general public. This includes your personal home DSL, LAN, WLAN, any internal networks of companies, and internet access only for students (e.g., WLAN hotspots on the campus), because these are not open to the general public." Although, I think we can rightly map these because it does good service to the local community, but we should somehow differentiate it. Maybe like so? fee=no @ register with an Italian phone number description=Registration through a live Internet connection and giving an Italian phone number is required I've seen other hotspots that also need registrations, but which allow you to register on site via their walled garden (or endorsing the operator on social media, etc.). This one is different, because I think you need to prepare well in advance before going out on the streets. Maybe we should invent some new tags for this. I found internet_access:registration=* not specific enough. Maybe internet_access:registration=in_advance/on_site/no? Furthermore, linking to information regarding how you can freely register may prove useful (although viewing that needs an Internet connection as well..), like: contact:website=http://www.regione.fvg.it/rafvg/cms/RAFVG/infrastrutture-lavori-pubblici/telecomunicazioni/FOGLIA5/ (Or would operator:website be more appropriate?) Someone has been attempting to use amenity=internet_access, amenity=wifi (sic!) or service=internet_access as a primary tag, but it is not established yet - internet_access=* usually comes second to some other primary tag (like leisure=park, amenity=bench, amenity=cafe, highway=footway, etc) indicating what kind of function the access point is attached to (roughly the scope of operation or "range", although we are not allowed to map the exact range itself). Finally, could you by any chance get in contact with the operator and ask if we could import the data behind their access point map? Thanks for the great efforts - if we could find answers to the above, we'll be able to map a lot of similar networks in the future. On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 11:23 AM Cascafico Giovanni <cascaf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello ML, > which tags for those boxes, usually on pole or wall mounted which > provide free public WLAN access? In my area they are managed by > municipality and are subject to registration. > > My tagging would be: > > man_made=antenna > operator=Comune di Cividale del Friuli > antenna:application=wlan > internet_access=wlan > fee=no > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
