Deprecate power=cable_distribution_cabinet?

[westnordost]

To abandon power=cable_distribution_cabinet in favor of man_made=street_cabinet + street_cabinet=power has been first suggested in 2015 by Fanfouer, but there was no feedback on this. Four years later (October 2019‎), the same user finally added a deprecated-notice to the wiki page. In that time, usage of power=cable_distribution_cabinet stagnated at around 12000 usages while the alternative gained over 30000 usages.

https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/street_cabinet/power&***/power/cable_distribution_cabinet

I cannot find if a discussion (other than the one where nobody answered on the discussion page) preceded that deprecation notice, but

• looking at the taghistory, it is clear that street_cabinet=power won
• user Fanfouer seems to be quite interested in and his opinion is well-respected in power/infrastructure mapping, see f.e. his discussion page: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Fanfouer

[davidpnewton]

To my mind it definitely needs orthogonal tagging to describe situations. In fact I'd argue there is more than one orthogonality needed.

Marked/unmarked to describe whether there are markings on the road surface defining the crossing.

Raised/not raised to describe whether the crossing is on top of some kind of associated traffic-calming bump or not. For example near where I live there are examples of Puffin crossings (traffic signal controlled marked pedestrian crossings) and unmarked segregated cycle track/pedestrian crossings being associated with speed bumps.

Pedestrian only/cyclist only/pedestrian and cyclist in one space/pedestrian and cyclist in separate spaces. Again to use a UK example Toucan crossings are traffic signal controlled marked pedestrian and cyclist crossings where pedestrians and cyclists are not segregated on the crossing whereas parallel crossings are marked pedestrian and cyclist crossings where pedestrians and cyclists are segregated on the crossing.

Pedestrian/cyclist/pedestrian and cyclist to define who can use the crossing.

Controlled/uncontrolled is an unhelpful distinction nomenclature because it encompasses more than one characteristic in its "distinction" attempt. It is thus ambiguous and open to serious misinterpretation.

[1ec5]

Hi @davidpnewton, did you mean to post #90 (comment) to #408 instead?

[davidpnewton]

Oops. Yes.

[flacombe]

This issue is old enough to indicate that original recommendation with street_cabinet=power is outdated. It has been replaced by utility=power.

There is still a need to make power=cable_distribution_cabinet to disappear.

[matkoniecz]

https://taghistory.raifer.tech/#***/street_cabinet/power&***/power/cable_distribution_cabinet&***/utility/power

[matkoniecz]

I think that deprecation, if implementable, makes sense and I suggest to drop considering label

[tyrasd]

Agree. Both tags have been properly marked as deprecated on the wiki and the replacement should be straight forward:

• power=cable_distribution_cabinet -> man_made=street_cabinet + utility=power
• man_made=street_cabinet + street_cabinet=power -> man_made=street_cabinet + utility=power

[matkoniecz]

https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/proposed-automated-edit-replace-power-cable-distribution-cabinet-and-man-made-street-cabinet-street-cabinet-power-with-man-made-street-cabinet-utility-power/140899