Topic: Tag Alias: street_lamp -> lamppost

Posted under Tag Alias and Implication Suggestions

They're not quite synonymous. I don't think the difference is enough to warrant separate tags, so I support an alias. However, "lamppost" has a connotation of being a post that exists solely for the lamp, and there are other ways to mount street lights. For example, I wouldn't call a utility pole with a lamp hanging off it a lamppost, but it would be a street light. So I would prefer an alias in the other direction: lamppost and [street_lamp or street_light] -> [street_light or street_lamp].

There is also the edge case of a lamppost that isn't near a street (in a courtyard/backyard/Narnia, which would not be a street light as such. I think it's reasonable to tag such a lamppost as a street light, since it has the design of a street light, and it's probably not worth keeping the tags separate just to account for this case.

Updated by anonymous

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