Hello Pete,
Some important landmarks in Bangassou are the catholic missions (of
which there are at least two), prayer houses (of which there are many)
and chief's houses (one for every quartier / village etc). Prayer
houses are not churches and cannot be tagged as such as they fulfill
very different roles, socially and culturally. However, they also are
heavily used by local people to navigate the town / villages. Does
anyone have any idea (or previous experience) of how these might be
best tagged?
As Thomas already pointed out in his answer you might consider using
amenity=place_of_worship as this is not exclusively reserved for churches. The
OSM wiki has this paragraph concerning that key
If the place of religious services is located in a /part of a multi-purpose
building/, then the tag amenity
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:amenity>=*place_of_worship* should
be placed on a node or area, inside the building outline. Examples are
prayer rooms in public buildings or rooms rented for religious purposes in
commercial buildings.
If the prayer house serves more like a cultural or social centre, using
amenity=community_centre sounds like a viable alternative.
Also, the chief's houses are definitely landmarks, but also are
important places socially (kind of like a local administration
office). However, they are also private residences. Many have a sign
outside with the name of the chief and the quartier etc, but many do
not. How can this be handled? Is it a consent issue with the chiefs?
I am tempted to suggest using amenity=townhall. Reading the wiki:
Use this for a village, town or city *townhall*, a building where the
administration of a village, town or city may be located, or it may just
serve as a community meeting place .
A townhall is not necessarily used (or having ever been used) for
administrative function. The tag is also used for a "village hall", commonly
in UK villages, and used for community events such as fundraising and Discos.
Apparently, the administrative function is not a requirement for this tag.
Secondly, admin divisions...
We are very close to having shapes for the the quartiers in Bangassou
town. I know that the tag admin_level should be used, but how do I
discern the level? The admin flow goes:
Country
Prefecture
Sub-prefecture
Town/village
Arrondisement (only in the town itself - not in villages)
Quartier
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative proposes
admin_level=10 for a quartier in CAR
I was just browsing the wiki, but have no prior experience concerning these
topics. Hope this helps nevertheless.
Best Regards
/Michael
(osm:michael63) /
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