Tag:utility=power

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Wind Turbines and Power Lines, East Sussex, England - April 2009.jpg
Description
Infrastructure related to electricity transmission and distribution towards industries and domestic consumers. Show/edit corresponding data item.
Group: power
Used on these elements
may be used on nodesmay be used on waysmay be used on areas (and multipolygon relations)may be used on relations
Useful combination
Status: approvedPage for proposal

The tag utility=power is added to a feature tag (such as marker=*, man_made=street_cabinet or building=service) to specify that is it part of infrastructure related to electricity transmission and distribution.

Electricity is produced, transmitted and distributed along wide and complex Utility networks.

Power utility usually corresponds to UN International Standard Industrial Classification class 3510 (Electric power generation, transmission and distribution).

Examples

Photo Location Tagging Note
Power marker panel underground cable.jpg
France node
marker=post
utility=power
colour=yellow
operator=ESSeyssel
A pole sign warning about the presence of a buried high voltage power cable in French country.

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