Key:light:method

light:method
Description
The light generation method of a light source.
Group: man made
Used on these elements
Useful combination
light_source=* light:colour=* light:count=* light:direction=* light:flash=* light:flux=* light:height=* light:lit=* light:power=* light:shape=* light:tilt=*
See also
highway=street_lamp
Status: in use
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The light:method=* tag is used to specify the light generation method of a light_source=*.

Values

• light:method=electric - Generic value for any electric light source; use a more specific value if it is known.
  • light:method=LED - Light-emitting diode
  • light:method=incandescent - Incandescent light bulb
    • light:method=halogen - Halogen lamp
  • light:method=discharge - Gas-discharge lamp
    • light:method=metal-halide Metal-halide lamp
    • light:method=neon - Neon lamp
    • light:method=sodium - Sodium-vapor lamp
      • light:method=high_pressure_sodium - High pressure sodium-vapor lamp
      • light:method=low_pressure_sodium - Low pressure sodium-vapor lamp
    • light:method=fluorescent - Fluorescent light
    • light:method=mercury - Mercury-vapor lamp
  • light:method=laser - Laser
  • light:method=arc - Arc lamp
• light:method=gas - Gas light
• light:method=wax - Wax candle

See also

• Proposal: light_source - Original proposal

• light_source=* - Additional light source tagging

• highway=street_lamp - Most commonly mapped lighting feature

• lamp_type=* - Similar, older, and more widely used tag

Possible tagging mistakes

More details at taginfo

More details at taginfo

• light:method=led ‒ Should be light:method=LED (note capitalization)

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