How should I map several lamps that are not street lamps? In some instances, they are near streets and paths, but in others, they serve only to illuminate an area of grass or other landscaping. So far, I’ve been tagging them
light:method=electric
light:shape=spherical
light_source=lantern
without adding
highway=street_lamp
since they aren’t on a street. See these for reference - https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/47608054 https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/4785403248
I suspect that there is a suitable man_made tag, but if they are used to illuminate paths, cycleways etc then highway=street_lamp is entirely appropriate. Similarly if they are local authority lamps used to illuminate public spaces then use the well known tag.
Types of lighting i would not tag with highway=street_lamp include:
Like the tags the OP used, lit=yes is a secondary tag, so isn’t going to help in the OP’s quest to micro-map lanterns.
That seems correct according to this proposal, which is probably the most popular one at the time. Is there a reason why you would prefer a different tagging?
Tordanik: those are secondary tags. He wants to know which main tag to use.
light_source=* is defined as a primary tag in the proposal that invented it (see my link above).
Most of the lamps probably fall into both lighting for security purposes as well as lighting for decorative purposes. Many of them do light sidewalks but not all. I do not see anything under man_made=* that would be acceptable. Also, I do not know what well known tag you are referring to. The lamps are owned/operated by the University that owns the grounds; would the University be considered a local authority or is that reserved for, say, a city or municipality?
Yes, that is basically the issue; the light_source=* tag I’ve used us supposed to be a primary tag. I am asking because I got a comment on one of my commits asking me to change the tags to highway=street_lamp.