On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 7:06 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010/9/7 Nathan Edgars II <nerou...@gmail.com>: >> So obviously this is a tower: >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Electric_transmission_lines.jpg > > +1 > > >> and this is a pole (no matter what voltage it carries): >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyl%C3%B4ne_haute_tension.JPG > > -1, poles are solid, the one you show is probably a tube.
Why does it matter if it's hollow on the inside? That's just a consequence of what material is used. Unless you're suggesting that anything metal is a tower, not a pole, in which case we should use a material=* tag. > If you > compare to the images in the wiki: > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Minor.jpg > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:Pole3.jpg > > you will also find that they are smaller. I also find that the tower examples are larger. > > so this might be a tower as well (see that the definition for tower > includes pylons). Pylon is not a common term to me; it seems to be the same as tower. >> Or this, where a single pole is made of metal with diagonals: >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stork_nest_on_power_mast.jpg > > nice pictures, but I can't see any pole in it. The thing in the middle is a pole. Again, it's only not a "pure" pole because of the material used. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
