> shouldn’t we be tagging *all of these* as man_made=incinerators Yes, I agree this would be helpful. I imagine that most incinerators are built primarily to dispose of trash. The electrical generation is a side-benefit but probably doesn’t pencil out financially alone. On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 11:57 AM John Willis via Tagging < tagging@openstreetmap.org> wrote:
> > On Feb 13, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > man_made=incinerator > > > > Thanks everyone for all the feedback. I will tag them as a > man_made=incinerator. > > Then, shouldn’t we be tagging *all of these* as man_made=incinerators? > (power and non-power generating alike?) > > There shouldn’t be any key/value incompatibility. > > for a modern incinerator complex which handles both burnable and > unburnable waste: > > man_made=incinerator > power=generator > generator:source=waste > amenity=waste_transfer_station > (in fact, the only conflict I see is that amenity=recycling & > amenity=waste_transfer_station can’t be on the same landuse, which is an > often shared job here in Japan, but that is for another day). > > I feel this should be the main tag for all incinerators. if they produce > power via a form of waste disposal, then the additional power generation > tags should be added. > > There are obviously power plants (and other industrial processes) that are > purpose-built to use unrecyclable waste as a fuel (tire-burning smelters, > etc), but all of these incinerators around me are primarily for getting rid > of the garbage generated by a city. > > I feel we should clarify the tagging scheme to tag *all* these > incinerators as man_made=incinerator and add the power generation when > necessary. > > > Javbw > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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