Proposed features/measurement station

Please, don't use this draft, instead use man_made=monitoring_station

measurement station - Tag:man_made=measurement_station
Status:	Draft (under way)
Proposed by:	Grossing
Tagging:	man_made=measurement_station
Applies to:	, ,
Definition:	For all measurement stations like stream gauges, weather stations and so on
Rendered as:	free text
Draft start:	2010-04-02
RFC start:	2010-04-02
Vote start:	*
Vote end:	*

Contents 1 Proposal 2 Rationale 3 Proposed Tagging 3.1 Required tagging 3.2 Secondary tagging 3.3 Useful combinations 4 Suggested Rendering 5 See also 6 Discussion

Proposal

This is a proposal for tagging measurement stations like stream gauges Wikipedia (de) Wikipedia (en) or weather stations Wikipedia (de) Wikipedia (en)

Rationale

man_made=measurement_station used with type=* tag creates a simple feature that would enable to map all the above features and clears confusion when the content is not known or something else.

Proposed Tagging

Applies to nodes, areas or relations.

Required tagging

• man_made=measurement_station

Secondary tagging

• measurement=particulate_matter/seismic/water_level/weather/etc
• recording=manually/automated/remote/no
• display=analog/digital/both/no

Useful combinations

• ref=*
• url=*
• website=*
• wikipedia=*
• operator=company name or similar

Suggested Rendering

• ...

See also

• Chronometer: amenity=clock

Discussion

use Talk:Proposed_features/measurement_station