On 2020-06-13 18:58, Garry Keenor wrote:
> Colin,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> I want to clear one very important thing up. The tag electrified=* is
> currently being used in OSM to define the *contact system* in use, not the
> power supply. All railway electrification systems require a sliding contact
> between train and infrastructure to transfer electrical current.
OK fair point. You and I may have a more holistic view of the whole
complex ecosystem of components that are needed to make an electric
train move, but I can imagine the "general public" may well have a
narrower view and see the pantograph or contact shoe as the "power
supply to the train".
When tagging hyperloop and maglev systems there is often no *contact
system* as such I guess we should think of something like
"electrified=induction"?
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