2009/6/5 <ekkeh...@gmx.de>: >> you're still proofing that you should stick to >> historic=castle and let others do the castle_type.
> Two terms were not well placed as I was writing from memory. But the use of > the term keep is irrelevant for the discussion as it does not appear in the > proposed tagging. see above ;-) > Corrected sentence from above: There is no need to use Burg, hrad, linna, > Chateau fort, zamek etc. with roughly the same meaning when you can describe > all of them adequeately as a castle with defensive character. that's why there is one single suggestion for them: "castle_type=burg", which is an established term for defensive castles from the middleages (11th-16th century) that can be found throughout central europe and that follow a certain typology. This term is already in use and has 74 occurances in tagwatch. Martin _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk