Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

We need to update the wiki then, to add further description. There are plenty of tags we use that are uncommon or have incomplete descriptions. My local temple made an erected a stele as-pictured (similar to the Takasaki one) last year. I think it's orgins are ancient, but still "in use" in m

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:47:47 +0900 From: John Willis To: "Tag discussion, strategy and related tools" Subject: Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question Thanks, but marker only has seven uses - stele has about 5000. Also- Marker, to me, would be something you

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

"*A stele (/ˈstiːli/ STEE-lee )[Note 1] is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

Memorial=* tag is a bit broken at the moment. Its values can be both, what the memorial looks like, and what it commemorates. So the most common value is war_memorial, and that says what it commemorates. Almost all other values say what it looks like, so IMHO, we should stick with the "what it look

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

Thanks, but marker only has seven uses - stele has about 5000. Also- Marker, to me, would be something you would find in the ground with a number or a pole with a number on it, or something based around a ref number or value of some sort (like a mile marker). In the US, a "historical landmark"

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question

Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 18:20:32 +0900 From: John Willis To: strategy and related tools Tag discussion Subject: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question. How would I map this object? https://www.machigururi.com/spot_detail.php?id=3762 <https://www.machigururi.com/spot_detail.

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question.

Thanks! One of the wiki examples (a rubbing from a tablet from Takasaki) is from my area, and exactly what I was thinking of. The example image I saw on OSM was of a pole or something, but the Wikipedia was much more broad. There like a hundred or more of those in my town alone, so now I c

Re: [Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question.

I would use memorial=stele (as it looks like a stele to me). If you go on wikipedia it looks like some of the "usual" stele : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele . Le mer. 17 oct. 2018 à 11:22, John Willis a écrit : > How would I map this object? > https://www.machigururi.com/spot_detail.php?id=

[Tagging] historic=memorial tagging question.

How would I map this object? https://www.machigururi.com/spot_detail.php?id=3762 It is a stone tablet memorializing when a small levee failed and washed away part of a hamlet. This is in the park built on top of the levee repair. these kin