Tag:man_made=street_cabinet
 man_made = street_cabinet
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A cabinet located in the street and hosting technical equipment to operate facilities such as electricity or street lights. 
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Status: approved
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A street cabinet hosts many sorts of equipment, often technical stuff, while being of a size or construction that workers cannot enter themselves.
Thus they are different from technical buildings where humans can walk inside.
Many different kind of street cabinets can be seen all around the world, often on sidewalks.
This tag allows mappers to add them correctly in OSM, even with a lack of information about pavement accessibility and what is really hosted inside.
How to map
Tag a 
Cabinets tagged with
Associated tags:
- utility=* The utility activity the street cabinet is associated with,
- street_cabinet=* for supplementary roles that aren't utility.
- ref=* The reference of the cabinet, often visible on it,
- operator=* The name of the company operating the cabinet.
Detailed mapping for cabinets
Many more mapping indications are given below that can be added based on additional information surveyed.
A street cabinet is commonly a box with vertical hinged doors installed in the street.
It contains technical stuff and utilities to run several devices like traffic lights, telephone lines, water meters, containers, etc.
Even if the tag contains the term street, man_made=street_cabinet applies to all kind of facility cabinets where workers cannot enter to work, located directly in the street or not. A few other values had been discussed (like man_made=technical_cabinet) but did not cover cabinet sorts as well as street_cabinet.
man_made=street_cabinet has been introduced to provide a scheme which globally suits needs of urban landscape mapping. In many fields of knowledge, some other tags can give many more precise information. See the examples section below.
Tagging
A street cabinet should be tagged as follows:
| Key | Value | Comment | Recommendation |
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| man_made | street_cabinet | The street cabinet should be mapped as a . In exceptional cases, such as when a cabinet is very large and has a pedestrian accessibility impact, it may be mapped as an . |
mandatory |
| utility | <utility name> | The utility activity the cabinet is part of. Not all cabinets are involved in utility networks, use it only if applicable | recommended |
| street_cabinet | <cabinet type> | The functional type or role of the cabinet is now utility=* (See Legacy street cabinet categories section below.) | recommended |
| ref | <reference> | Abbreviation / number of the cabinet as publicly visible. ref=* is used by default when no specific key is available (see ref:FR:gdo=* as an example) | recommended |
| width | <cabinet width> | The effective width of the cabinet | optional |
| length | <cabinet length> | The effective length of the cabinet | optional |
| height | <cabinet height> | The effective height of the cabinet | optional |
| direction | <cabinet azimuth> | The northing azimuth of the "length" side of the cabinet | optional |
| colour | <cabinet colour> | The colour of the cabinet | optional |
| manufacturer | <cabinet manufacturer> | The name of the cabinet manufacturer (often visible as a logo) | optional |
| model, |
<cabinet model> | The name of the cabinet model (as seen in manufacturer brochure) | optional |
| operator | <operator> | Name of the company that operates the cabinet or what's hosted inside. | optional |
| hinge | vertical or horizontal | Direction of cabinet's door opening. | optional |
Legacy street cabinet categories
Prior utility facilities proposal, street_cabinet=* was used to document kind of nature of street cabinets.
Cabinets dedicated to utilities are now described with utility=* as many other features.
Remaining street_cabinet=* values are still here for now, during the transition toward utility=* and could be removed afterwards.
Corresponding street_cabinet=* values are flagged as possible synonyms of utility=* ones.
| Key | Value | Comment |
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| street_cabinet | postal_service | A street cabinet designed to host pending letters or other postal stuff before they go on local delivery (known as a postal relay box). |
| street_cabinet | traffic_control | A street cabinet mainly designed to host traffic light automation systems and/or traffic control systems such as movable barriers which have a direct impact on traffic flow. |
| street_cabinet | traffic_monitoring | A traffic management device is mainly in charge of vehicle counting. It differs from street_cabinet=traffic_control since it can't impact on traffic directly. |
| street_cabinet | transport_management | Transport management cabinets often host automation systems to allow public transportation installed on dedicated paths (metro, tramways...) to work. |
| street_cabinet | waste | All cabinets hosting containers for waste and recycling which are not a public amenity, i.e. those for collecting the waste per individual house. In many cases they are locked for private access. |
| street_cabinet | A street cabinet which is hosting cable CATV lines amplifiers or splitters. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=television instead. | |
| street_cabinet | A street cabinet use to host devices for urban gas distribution. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=gas instead. | |
| street_cabinet | A street cabinet use to host devices for electricity distribution. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=power instead. | |
| street_cabinet | Street lighting switches and cables can pass through some cabinets all along the streets. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=street_lighting instead. | |
| street_cabinet | A street cabinet which is hosting telephone lines amplifiers or connection points. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=telecom instead. | |
| street_cabinet | All cabinets hosting pipes and valves directly. It includes not only cabinets for drinkable water but utility water or sewerage too. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=water or utility=sewerage instead. | |
| street_cabinet | All cabinets designed to host water management devices like automation or probes but no water pipes. It includes not only cabinets for drinkable water but utility water or sewerage too. Deprecated by Proposed_features/Utility_facilities. Use utility=water or utility=sewerage instead. |
This list of possible values can be completed ad-hoc by users who do not find any matching one here.
We aim to find the most versatile values and a discussion is taking place on the Talk page to discuss them before they get widely used.
Accessibility
Streets and more specifically pavements accessibility may be impacted by cabinets installation. Some tags may help to define how this impact can be reduced or avoided. The best example is to compare pavement total width with the cabinet width to know if wheelchairs can pass normally. More information about dimension measuring by looking directly on common keys' page.
Please note street cabinets are only a small accessibility factor of global pavement paths. They are often seen as obstacles and should be mapped as such. More specific information may be obtained by observing them first hand.
| Key | Value | Comment |
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| sound | Any kind of sounds emitted by the cabinet | A street cabinet can emit sounds which are useful to blind people |
| heat | yes/no | A street cabinet can emit heat |
| texture | Cabinet texture | The cabinet tactile texture can be as useful as sounds are to blind people |
Disambiguation
Such a global tag may collide and should interact with some other keys used on OSM.
The proposal has highlighted some similar values and is intended here to give directions as to the correct usage of man_made=street_cabinet
You can and should discuss this disambiguation on the Talk page.
Monitoring stations
man_made=monitoring_station was approved prior to street cabinet proposal and both can actually collide since they are located in the man_made=* namespace and a monitoring station is often composed of one or more technical cabinets. At this moment, mappers should choose how they want to document such features by using man_made=monitoring_station or man_made=street_cabinet + street_cabinet=*. The usage of any monitoring:*=* key isn't affected and users should continue to use them to indicate what kind of monitoring is done, even on monitoring man_made=street_cabinet features.
Traffic signals
traffic_signals=controller is similar to man_made=street_cabinet + street_cabinet=traffic_control but they don't collide with each other and can be used on the same features.
Since the first one isn't widely used, it should be progressively replaced as proposed.
In all cases, monitoring:traffic=* can be used when traffic is monitored by any means.
Possible Tagging Mistakes
Examples
Many examples are shown here and the list should be completed all along the life of the man_made=street_cabinet tag.
Electricity & gas
| Photo | Tagging | Note |
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| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=power hinge=horizontal Domain specific: voltage=* |
Often in urban places, such cabinet are found on side walks and host switches or joints for electricity distribution. | |
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A street cabinet in Wyoming that distributes electricity | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=gas hinge=horizontal operator=GRDF manufacturer=fiorentini Domain specific: |
A French gas delivery point where pressure is dropped down as for carrying it directly to customers. Map+ | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=gas hinge=horizontal operator=Regaz manufacturer=fiorentini Domain specific: |
A French gas distribution substation cabinet where gas pressure is adapted to feed another part of distribution network towards customers. | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=gas hinge=horizontal operator=GRDF Domain specific: |
A French gas delivery substation where gas is measuredto deliver it to a domestic customer with heavy gas needs. | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=street_lighting hinge=horizontal manufacturer=grolleau Domain specific: |
A cabinet hosting switching, accounting and cables of public street lighting system. |
Water and waste management
| Photo | Tagging | Note |
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| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=water operator=CUB hinge=horizontal manufacturer=seiffel Domain specific: |
A French sewerage facility controller. | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=waste operator=* hinge=* access=private |
All cabinets hosting containers for waste and recycling which are not a public amenity, i.e. those for collecting the waste per individual house. In many cases they are locked for private access. If they invite the public to drop their waste, tag as amenity=waste_disposal, amenity=waste_basket or amenity=recycling. |
Road facilities
| Photo | Tagging | Note |
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| or man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=traffic_control hinge=horizontal manufacturer=grolleau Domain specific: |
A French traffic lights controller hosting controlling equipments. Map | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=traffic_control hinge=horizontal Domain specific: |
A French traffic lights controller hosting controlling equipments. | |
| lack of illustration | or man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=traffic_monitoring hinge=horizontal Domain specific: |
A French traffic controller used to count vehicles driving on a given road. |
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An Irish traffic controller used to count pedestrians and cyclists[1]. | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=transport_management hinge=horizontal Domain specific: |
A French transport controller to manage tramways switching devices in the street |
Cable TV
| Photo | Tagging | Note |
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| Lack of illustration | or man_made=street_cabinet utility=television operator=Virgin Domain specific: |
An UK CATV green cabinet operated by Virgin Media |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=television operator=Numericable Domain specific: |
A French cable TV spliting cabinet in street of some major cities |
Telecoms and postal services
| Photo | Tagging | Note |
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| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=telecom hinge=horizontal operator=Openreach Domain specific: |
Two telephone street cabinets in GB streets. First one is designed to hold DSLAM for VDSL connection and we can see on background an old copper primary connection point (PCP). | |
| or man_made=street_cabinet utility=telecom height=1.91 width=0.44 length=1.87 hinge=horizontal operator=Orange manufacturer=prefatel model=ASRP15T Domain specific: telecom=connection_point connection_point=primary telecom:medium=copper |
A French street cabinet for copper lines connections. That's the current installed model in all cities. | |
| On the newest cabinet: or man_made=street_cabinet utility=telecom height=1.64 width=0.35 length=1.64 hinge=horizontal operator=Orange manufacturer=Idea Optical model=iBER-C-1635-outdoor Domain specific: telecom=connection_point connection_point=primary telecom:medium=fibre |
Two telephone street cabinets in French streets. First one is designed to hold optical connection point and second POTS copper lines connections (legacy iron model) map  map
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| man_made=street_cabinet street_cabinet=postal_service hinge=horizontal operator=La Poste Domain specific: |
A small French brown street cabinet currently used by national postal services to relay letters and parcels prior to their local distribution. map map
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See also
- Approved street cabinet proposal.
- Approved utility facilities proposal.
- Enclosure (electrical) on Wikipedia (electrical)
- Serving area interface on Wikipedia (telecommunications)
- ↑ According to the area engineer in an email.