On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Kevin Sharpe <[email protected]> wrote: > We are about to start entering several thousand Electric Vehicle Charge > Point locations into OSM. Is anyone interested in collaborating on the > definition of the new tags that we will need?
Welcome to OpenStreetMap Kevin. Sounds like fun. Where are you? Will there be regional differences? In your help.openstreetmap.org post, you mention connector types, voltage, current, charger type, live status, etc. http://help.openstreetmap.org/questions/1147/electric-vehicle-charge-points-reaching-out What distinguishes these charge points? Is the current combination sufficient? amenity=fuel fuel:electricity=yes http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/keys/fuel:electricity (90 appearances) vs. amenity=charging_station http://taginfo.openstreetmap.de/tags/amenity=charging_station (6 appearances) Will name, access and hours be of interest, or are these charging stations all essentially public and 24 hours? Do consumers care about the brand or operator? Are there restrictions for type of payment? name= access= opening_hours= Are charging stations found as part of fuel stations, or as separate amenities? http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfuel http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:fuel:electricity http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Charging_station You mention live status. Do you mean state of construction (planned/proposed/construction/commissioned)? If so, each charging station should probably only be added to OSM once it is under construction. Also, please note that there is a mailing list for detailed discussion of tags. Proposals for new tags or revisions to tags should also be mentioned on talk@ http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging And again, welcome. _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
