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Tagging GSM masts / antennas on roofs?

Hi, triggered by the newcloudatlas.org initiative I'm asking how do we map the usual mobile communication antennas that are mounted on roofs? I never found a good answer and in german lang pole / mast / antenna are pretty close and I'm not sure if we need (an full) technical term for tagging?

telecom=antenna - seems to be obvious, but this is (technically) only a single component of the setup. Also there other other very big structures which might be clother to this tag ?
man_made=mast, mast:type=communication, communication:mobile_phone=yes - wiki says standalone, which isn't the case? (also rendered at osm.org which point that they are somewhat landmarks?)
man_made=tower, tower:type=communication, communication:mobile_phone=yes - well it's not that a solid installation?

So what do you choose or recommend?

mobile telecommunication antenna

asked 03 Sep '16, 09:31

iii
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2 Answers:

1	Also the folks of http://newcloudatlas.org/edit/ suggest to follow the telecoms project tagging rules `man_made=mast mast:type=communication communication:mobile_phone=yes\|no` answered 04 Oct '17, 06:09 iii 4.9k●8●40●82 accept rate: 10%

Hi iii, read the Wiki, https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:man_made%3Dcommunications_tower add those tags if useful and add height=5 for meters in height the length of the mast on top of a building. Don’t try to make another tag since there has been talked about these man-made mast since 2011. The recent result was a mast is no tower, cleared by pictures. A short mast remains a mast anyhow. Practically a mast on top of a roof is still a stand alone with or without guides, As soon as its build on to the walls surrounding the building or the elevator shaft there no guides needed.

answered 03 Sep '16, 10:10

Hendrikklaas
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edited 03 Sep '16, 10:12