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I am seeing many fracking pads in the countryside and I would like to know how to tag them, not really an oil well, is there a better way to tag this fracking pad (example 41°59'02.1"N 77°20'13.2"W)?

asked 12 Sep '16, 18:30

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edited 12 Sep '16, 21:42

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The Oil and Gas Infrastructure wiki category suggests some version of man_made= for the pad itself. You could use man_made=petroleum_well and add a subtag petroleum_well=fracking. You could go for a brand-new man_made=fracking_well but I'm uncomfortable about "frackturing" the oil and gas schemes more than they already are.

Concerning the site itself (not just the well), landuse=industrial industrial=fracking seems like the way to go. While industrial=oil/gas is common, there are currently 25 instances of industrial=fracking in the db, all by the same user.

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answered 13 Sep '16, 10:14

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I added the 25 landuse=industrial industrial=fracking as part of the Map for Environment - OSM Tasking Manager task to map fracking sites around Williston ND. The task is to map the fracking sites and service roads/tracks. I used the suggested landuse tagging.

Looking at the co-ordinates that you have provided, which should be a town called Osceola, Pennsylvania, I think that you are looking a fuel station. which you have already tagged.

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answered 14 Sep '16, 23:18

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