It's better to create a new tag like "amenity=battery_swapping" or something like that, because this is not a place where you can plug in your own electric vehicle to charge it.
-- Joseph Eisenberg On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:00 AM 德泉 談 via Tagging <tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to write a new proposal about the battery swapping system for the > automotive vehicle. I'm not sure if modifying amenity=charging_station is > better or creating a new tag amenity=battery_swapping. I prefer to use > amenity=charging_station but found that is not a easy thing to do that. > > The background of the proposal is that I have a scooter that I can swap > the battery in the convenience stores and the fuel stations. In my country > there are two network of battery swapping system: Gogoro Network and iOnex, > people can find the battery swapping stations in many place around the city. > > This is what a basic battery swapping station look like: > > https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PK9WN2/a-battery-swapping-station-for-gogoro-electric-scooters-in-taipei-PK9WN2.jpg > > I also read some news that shows that some car producers in China are > preparing the battery swapping system for the car, even though I'm not sure > whether they will success or not. > > There are some possible way to make the amenity=charging_station to > involve them: > * Use socket:<type> like socket:gogoro_network and add a > battery_swapping=yes > * Use a new tag charging=battery_swapping and keep the > newtork=gogoro_network > > The later can let it being rendered as individual icon easily maybe a > dispenser with a swap arrow but not a dispenser with a charging socket, but > the old stations that use the sockets should add a new tag charging=socket > to reduce the confusion. Another problem is that if a charging station have > both battery swapping and socket ability, then we should make two separated > element to do that. > > It is hard to consider which is the better way to tag the battery swapping > stations. Please leave some comment of your opinion, thanks. > > - Tan > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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