User:GlavkomLVO
About me
Hello, I am GlavkomLVO. I primarily contribute to OpenStreetMap by mapping and refining electric power infrastructure, especially high-voltage and ultra-high-voltage transmission networks.
My main interests include:
- High-voltage transmission lines and their topology
- Transmission substations and switching stations
- Power plant step-up substations
- HVDC converter stations
- Transmission towers and poles
- Line circuits and route relations
- Substation connections, busbar layouts and outgoing bays
- Correct voltage, frequency, circuit and operator tagging
- Historical and current names of power infrastructure
I am particularly interested in large interconnected transmission systems, including 220 kV, 330 kV, 500 kV, 750 kV and 1000 kV AC networks, as well as HVDC systems.
A significant part of my mapping work concerns the Chinese transmission grid, especially the 750 kV networks of Northwest China and UHV infrastructure.
Mapping approach
I generally use a combination of:
- Aerial and satellite imagery
- Official environmental impact assessment documents
- Project approval and construction documents
- Grid planning documents
- Publicly available technical diagrams and maps
- Photographs and other verifiable open sources
When reliable information becomes available, I may revise existing line geometry, substation connections, circuit relations, names and other technical details.
For transmission lines, I try to represent the actual electrical topology rather than simply drawing visually continuous corridors.
I also distinguish, where possible, between:
- transmission substations;
- switching stations;
- power plant step-up substations;
- HVDC converter stations;
- individual AC and DC switchyards.
Current interests
Some areas I frequently work on include:
- Northwest China 750 kV transmission network
- Xinjiang power grid
- Gansu Hexi Corridor
- Qinghai transmission network
- Ningxia and Shaanxi transmission systems
- UHVAC and UHVDC infrastructure
- Power infrastructure rendering and visualization in OpenInfraMap
Contact
If you notice an error in one of my edits, have better technical documentation, or want to discuss power-grid mapping, feel free to leave a message on my talk page.
Corrections supported by reliable sources are always welcome.
Power networks are complicated. The map should not make them more complicated than they already are. 🐧