Re: [talk-au] Phone boxes

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Mon, 17 May 2021 at 15:02, Brendan Barnes  wrote:

> No harm in asking for the dataset :)
>
> Should these nodes be amenity=telephone or emergency=phone? Can you use
> these units to call any number other than emergency services?
>

No, these are just normal public telephones, that you pay to call any
number you wish, not the (usually) highway emergency phones.

Thanks

Graeme
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Re: [talk-au] Phone boxes

[Alex Sims]

Hi,

The public phones are enclosed in “cabinets”. It’s a really good question you 
ask as I’m not sure what official names they have if any. The instrument within 
them does have a code number and type but the cabinet less so.

I was a bit surprised by the Wiki using British Telecom cabinet types instead 
of generic descriptions. IMHO the tagging should be generic and reflect the 
features so they are globally understood, so fully enclosed with door, enclosed 
in a box without a door, partially enclosed, no enclosure

Alex

From: Graeme Fitzpatrick 

I have mapped a few roadside public phones recently & wondered what we're 
supposed to call them, then just saw this post 
https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/tagging/2021-May/061453.html which 
jogged my memory into asking you all.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dtelephone refers to the type 
of booth, & UK types of booth are listed at 
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:booth.

Does anybody know what Telstra calls it's booths? (if anything?) eg
https://goo.gl/maps/PDSmT5pprx5ngJ8CA or
https://goo.gl/maps/ngDGa8eXPubSPRkP8

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