Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

2017-02-10 Thread Andy Robinson
" Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;)" Many have both! Cheers Andy -Original Message- From: Dan S [mailto:danstowell+...@gmail.com] Sent: 10 February 2017 10:54 Cc: Talk GB Subject: Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging Hi S

Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

2017-02-10 Thread Dan S
Hi Stuart, Ah, the Ordance Survey view of the world: you're either a tower or a steeple ;) Towers and steeples are just one of many building parts, which can be mapped the same way as other 3D aspects of buildings: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building:part Heights are readily added

Re: [Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

2017-02-10 Thread SK53
All I can say that this has been on my cartographic wish list for ages, but I have no specific ideas of how to do it. The simplest would be something like church:tower=yes etc. Churches are also good candidates for simple 3D buildings. Lastly tagging architectural styles on churches would be

[Talk-GB] Church architecture tagging

2017-02-10 Thread Stuart Reynolds
Hi All, On OS maps there is a distinction between churches with towers, churches with steeples, and “other” places of worship. These are all readily surveyable (so that we are not taking data from OS). But as far as I can determine, there is no tagging scheme that would allow towers or