Australian Tagging Guidelines/Utilities and infrastructure

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Street cabinets

Electrical Cabinets

Green Transformer Box

Firstly tag as a street cabinet with man_made=street_cabinet + utility=power.

Most of these green boxes can also be tagged as power=transformer + transformer=distribution or transformer=minor_distribution.

Traffic Signal Controllers

New South Wales

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  Standard controller
  396 396

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  Uninterruptable Power Supply
  UPS396 UPS396

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  Isolation Transformer housing
  XR396 XR396

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  Traffic Camera controller
  C1093 C1093

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  Variable Message Sign controller
  V1411 V1411

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  Enforcement Camera
  EC7192 EC7192

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  Street art
  1880 1880

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  CCTV Controller Housing
  TV497 TV497

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  M4 Smart Motorway Eastbound
  M4E5029 M4E5029

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  M4 Smart Motorway Westbound
  M4W5027 M4W5027

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  Automatic Gain Control
  AGC02 AGC02

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  Vehicle Activated Sign
  VAS0076 VAS0076

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  Custom Number (Saint Peters Interchange)
  CN.SPI2 CN.SPI2

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  Custom Number (International Airport)
  CN.INT CN.INT

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  Wireless Gateway Unit
  WGU072 WGU072

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  Traffic Monitoring Unit
  TMU 000206 TMU 000206

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  Unknown
  TC100005;TC100006 TC100005;TC100006

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  Mobile Phone & Seatbelt Camera ^{[ citation needed ]}
  TSS013 TSS013

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  Machine Learning Camera
  TTS 1408 TTS 1408

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  Overheight Detection System
  OHDS 0034 OHDS 0034

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  Weigh In Motion
  WIM850 WIM850

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  Custom Message Sign
  CMS0032;CMS0033;CMS0034;CMS0035 CMS0032;CMS0033;CMS0034;CMS0035

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  Sydney Gateway Northbound
  SGWN007 SGWN007

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  Reversible Lane Controller
  VW75B VW75B

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  Western Distributor Eastbound
  WDE1053 WDE1053

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  Traffic Detection System
  TDS 8062 TDS 8062

• emergency:phone:AU=131 700
• man_made=street_cabinet
• operator=Transport for NSW
• operator:wikidata=Q7834923
• ref=*
• street_cabinet=traffic_control for type Standard, V
• street_cabinet=traffic_monitoring for type C, EC, AGC
• utility=power for type UPS, XR
• utility=highway

For XR only:

• power=transformer
• transformer=isolation

Others that exist (pending photograph):

• VMS - synonym of V
• SMS - Shutter Message Sign

NBN Co

The following are examples of NBN infrastructure.

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  NBN FTTN Node

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  Alternate NBN FTTN Node

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  NBN FTTN Micronode

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  NBN FTTP Fibre Distribution Hub (FDH)

These should be tagged with the following scheme;

• man_made=street_cabinet
• ref=* (examples: 2KTB-03-28-FNO-001; 2WAG-0101)
• operator=NBN Co
• operator:wikidata=Q6952833
• utility=telecom
• telecom=service_device
• telecom:medium=fibre
• telecom:medium:transition=yes

Telstra

Telecommunication Infrastructure

Examples of Telstra pillars

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• man_made=street_cabinet
• ref=* (example: WGSO P6)
• operator=Telstra
• operator:wikidata=Q721162
• operator:wikipedia=en:Telstra
• utility=telecom
• telecom=connection_point
• telecom:medium=copper
• colour=gray

Telstra multiplexer

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  RIM and CMUXA

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  Telstra RIM multiplexer with tophat ISAM (Integrated Services Access Manager) for ADSL, Varsity Lakes

Tagged same as a regular copper pillar but with telecom=service_device

Australia Post

Australia Post road-side post boxes

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  Australia Post normal (red) & Express Delivery (yellow) post boxes in a heavy traffic area.

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  Standard Australia Post road-side post box.

• amenity=post_box
• operator=Australia Post
• operator:wikidata=Q1142936
• colour=* - red, yellow, etc
• ref=* - the reference number of the post box (if it has one).
• collection_times=* - the times at which mail is collected.

Australia Post post-relay box

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  Australia Post road-side post-relay box, for postie to collect more mail while on their run.

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  Alternate, green, Australia Post post-relay box.

• amenity=relay_box
• operator=Australia Post
• operator:wikidata=Q1142936
• colour=* - red, green, etc
• ref=* - the reference number of the post box (if it has one).

Payphones

Telstra Payphones

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  Telstra Payphone

• amenity=telephone
• fee=no - all Telstra payphones are free to use.
• internet_access=no - Telstra payphone with no free wi-fi.

or

• internet_access=wlan - Telstra payphone with free wi-fi.
  • internet_access:ssid=Telstra Air
  • internet_access:fee=no

• operator=Telstra
• operator:wikidata=Q721162
• phone=* - the phone number of the payphone.
• ref=* - the reference number of the payphone.
• sms=yes - all Telstra payphones have sms function.
• payment:telephone_cards=yes - Telstra phone cards are the only way to pay for international calls. Other payment:*=yes tags are likely to be incorrect.

Water Network

See also Sydney Water

Wastewater (Sewer)

Ventilation shafts

• man_made=sewer_vent

Usually either tower:construction=guyed_tube or tower:construction=freestanding.

See also https://www.sydneywater.com.au/content/dam/sydneywater/documents/ventilation-shafts.pdf