On 09.07.2014 20:15, Brad Neuhauser wrote:
In the US, most of these sort of things are markers where people died in
accidents. Wikipedia calls them roadside memorials
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial), and I guess that might be
the most common term in the US.
These exist here
I think the OP meant something like this:
http://xian.smugmug.com/OSM/OSM-2014/20140608-Mol-Geel-vanaf-Sas-VI/i-zmPkm4P/A
or this
http://xian.smugmug.com/OSM/OSM-2014/20140528-Rumst/i-KwGzNXX/A
regards
m
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Brad Neuhauser brad.neuhau...@gmail.com
wrote:
What
Wayside shrines and crosses are quite common here in Austria, and probably
in other parts of Europe too. They are mounted on posts (or pillars,
walls...) made of various materials (wood, stone...), or on trees. When
mounted on trees, I use a tag combination of historic=wayside_cross (or
_shrine)
I suppose you were in contact with Lutz. Our policy is to render what's
mapped and in that be quick to market. If there's a tagging found
sufficiently often it is considered for inclusion in the historic map.
The wiki page map features describes what kind of tagging is depicted
in OUR map. It
In the US, most of these sort of things are markers where people died in
accidents. Wikipedia calls them roadside memorials (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial), and I guess that might be
the most common term in the US.
Shrine, to my ears, has a different, more specifically
In the US, most of *these* sort of things are markers where people died
in accidents. Wikipedia calls them roadside memorials (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadside_memorial), and I guess that might
be the most common term in the US.
To clarify, by these, you mean historic=wayside_cross,
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 12:52 PM, John Packer john.pack...@gmail.com wrote:
To clarify, by these, you mean historic=wayside_cross, correct?
Or does historic=tree_shrine has the same meaning?
I would suspect so - this is consistent with my area as well, where these
features are called descansos
What Jesse said. :) Including that they're often relatively temporary.
That might explain why there are so few in the US compared to Europe?
I'd seen this discussion before and thought it was kind of obscure, then
just looked at taginfo and was surprised by how many there are--wow! I'd
seen
