On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 22:22 +0000, Chris Hill wrote: > On 16/02/13 20:28, John F. Eldredge wrote: > > Deanna Earley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 07/02/2013 09:49, [email protected] wrote: > >>> A tower, to this Brit, can be confused with the stone or brick thing > >>> on the end of a church or castle > >> Especially as another well known mapping agency over here has 3 > >> different church symbols, "Church", "Church with tower" and "Church > >> with > >> spire" :p > > So, what symbol do they use for a church that has both a tower and a spire, > > either separately or with the spire atop the tower? > > > > As I see it: If there is no tower or spire then just a cross. With a > tower, but no spire then a square with a cross. With spire, either with > or without a tower (often with a tower below the spire) then a round > symbol with a cross. The highest, most stand-out-visible object > determines the symbol, which makes sense to me. The maps in question > were designed to show such things partly as a visual aid to navigation > so symbolising the most visible object was most useful. > Often when walking between villages the footpath will follow a line directly between church towers/spires. The visible landmarks that existed before maps or gps.
Along with contours, probably a useful feature OSM is missing. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
