Hi, Before creating anything on wiki, let's try to summarize quickly what have been said above.
Unfortunately, I can't find the Australian discussion dealing with telecom networks. And telecom=* is merely used in France, man_made=MDF in Germany... http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/?key=telecom#map Central office (US) and Telephone exchange (UK) both imply a PSTN switch hosted in the building, which is not always the case. Local loops nodes can be located remote from the switch. As I want to map local loops connection nodes prior to specialized PSTN switches, I will need a better term than telecom=central_office. It's corresponding to what Florian Lohoff called a MDF previously. It sounds good : such connection nodes always have a main distribution frame inside. Since OSM have massively imported buildings, mapping such features would be great if we are tagging existing buildings without trying to give additional indoor details. But currently, many technologies are rolled out to improve existing local loops : fiber, copper and coax. A same building can host all those different types inside. May we keep *man_made=MDF* or introduce* telecom=connection_node* for building where those lines are terminating regardless of technology, regardless of switch hosting too ? I'm in favor of a telecommunication tags group. *connection_node=** would be optionally here to give details about technologies if known. (e.g *connection_node=copper;fiber*) We need a telecom=* tag here since building=* is concerning the whole building and telecom=* isn't. Try to imagine a big office building with a small central office inside... which is actually the case here : https://www.google.fr/maps/preview#!data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-73.984201!3d40.754742!2m2!1f251.88!2f138.32!4f75!2m7!1e1!2m2!1sbgW1O-lPanMGByWrv9YD6A!2e0!5m2!1sbgW1O-lPanMGByWrv9YD6A!2e0&fid=5 Knowing that, we could optionally introduce *telecom=connection_point*later for cabinets we can encounter in the street. Which are components of local loops, usually installed to split cables and lines to customers. *telecom=connection_point* is established with the BT/Openreach (UK) terminology : PCP standing for Primary Connection Point https://www.google.fr/search?q=BT+PCP References for all those functional points must be setup locally since operators aren't using the same terminology. CLLI in US, 42C in France, ONKZ/ASB in Germany... I won't deal with services offered on local loops here. DSL, Telephone, TV are services DSLAM, switches, routers are devices which offer services inside buildings. That's information which is hard to keep up to date. Information about building must be needed first. Looking forward to your feedbacks, cheers. *François Lacombe* francois dot lacombe At telecom-bretagne dot eu http://www.infos-reseaux.com
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