Hello all, thank you for your thoughts. I will take a look and discuss with the team. Whatever we decide I will post on the wikiprojectCAR page of the wiki, so feel free to feedback on our decision!
reference_point=yes could be very interesting for a lot of the landmarks people use in the contexts we are field mapping. I will investigate further... A+ Pete On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Jaakko Helleranta.com < jaa...@helleranta.com> wrote: > You could also consider the use of reference_point=yes essentially for all > of these as the whole idea of that tag is to highlight those map objects > that are used as navigation landmarks. (You should of course still have a > "main tag" when reference_point is not the only classifying tag.) > > The reference_point= tag hasn't picked up too much use and with that > neither do we yet have tools/services supporting it that I would know of. > > That said, I think that conceptually this is an excellent tag for > especially those areas of the world in which no proper addressing system > exists (street names + building numbers) or it isn't well developed. > > Cheers, > -Jaakko > > -- > jaa...@helleranta.com * Skype: jhelleranta * Mobile: +505-8131-0729 > (Nicaragua) > * Voice(mail) / SMS: +1-202-730-9778 * http://about.me/jaakkoh > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Severin Menard <severin.men...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Pete, >> >> I agree with both Thomas and Michael's usggestions regarding >> amenity=place_of_worship and amenity=townhall >> >> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Michael Heißmeier < >> michae...@digital-filestore.de> wrote: >> >>> 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) * >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> HOT@openstreetmap.org >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > -- *Pete Masters* Missing Maps Project Coordinator +44 7921 781 518 missingmaps.org <http://www.missingmaps.org/> *@pedrito1414* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *@theMissingMaps* <https://twitter.com/TheMissingMaps> *facebook.com/MissingMapsProject* <https://www.facebook.com/MissingMapsProject>
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