A Torii is not exactly an arch, but it is a gateway (at least symbolically). Perhaps man_made=gateway is a more general term, which can incude archways as well as rectangular gateways
If you would like, you can start a proposal page. On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 7:26 PM Tony Shield <[email protected]> wrote: > Been wondering for months how to tag arches in general - not a mention > in Wiki. > > I do like man-made = arch. > > I do think that there are several major types of arch which help, so > this discussion started with torii and a possible answer is given as > > Perhaps they could be man_made=archway and archway=torii? > > The archway tag could have values such as torii, triumphal-arch (Arc de > Triomphe in Paris, Marble Arch in London), roman-gate. Suitable values > for others will be needed. > > It seems to me that many arches have a deep cultural significance, often > they were constructed to be significant in that respect, so I would > expect memorial or possibly religious tags to be associated with an arch. > > How to proceed? If there is agreement does it need voting on? Or can the > wiki be expanded to show this as a tag? > > Regards > > TonyS > > On 13/03/2019 08:35, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > sent from a phone > > > >> On 13. Mar 2019, at 01:35, Joseph Eisenberg <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> We considered man_made=gantry (which in general can be used > >> for any sort of structure than goes over a road) or man_made=archway. > > > > +1, there is also man_made=arch (32 uses vs 7 for archway) > > > > > >> There was also a suggestion to tag some of these structures as a type > >> of artwork, although this is only sometimes relevant. > > > > +1, add additionally artwork if you consider the thing a work of art. > > > > > > The section of road itself passing under the arch could be tagged with > covered=yes, this is a hint for the renderer > > > > > > Cheers, Martin > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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