Consider operational status

[PrasannaVenkadesh]

Can operational_status tag values be utilized to reflect the current status of street lights in the map?

1. Working lamps - operational_status = operational
2. working but needs maintenance - operational_status = needs_maintenance
3. not working - operational_status = broken

https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/keys/operational_status#values

[PrasannaVenkadesh]

Suggestion.

1. for operational lights - pick color from light:colour attribute as it is today.
2. For broken - use grey or red to denote its broken.
3. For lights that needs maintenance - pick colour from attribute value and may be animate to flicker it.

[sb12]

Thanks for your suggestions. I don't think it makes sense adding this tag, because it has some issues:

• It has only limited usage, mainly in Haiti, Kenya and India
• It has a lot of issues (see the wiki page) and there are better alternatives, e.g. lifecycle prefixes (https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Lifecycle_prefix)
• The operational status can change quickly, but a lot of the tags in the database are very old, e.g. the ones in Haiti are about 10 years old.

Overpass turbo showing all highway=streetlamps with an operational status that is not operational: https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1TvO