It is certainly a nice feature and one that we have grown up using, it was on the scouts flash cards when I was learning map reading as an 11 year old.
Church towers/spires are the original navigation aid. Many rights of way between villages follow a direct line between them. And then when you find the church the pub is usually nearby. Phil (trigpoint) On Fri Feb 10 10:49:12 2017 GMT, SK53 wrote: > All I can say that this has been on my cartographic wish list for ages, but > I have no specific ideas of how to do it. The simplest would be something > like church:tower=yes etc. > > Churches are also good candidates for simple 3D buildings. > > Lastly tagging architectural styles on churches would be nice: romanesque, > decorated, perpendicular, modern(e), arts & crafts, gothic revival etc. > > Jerry > > On 10 February 2017 at 10:27, Stuart Reynolds < > stu...@travelinesoutheast.org.uk> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > On OS maps there is a distinction between churches with towers, churches > > with steeples, and “other” places of worship. These are all readily > > surveyable (so that we are not taking data from OS). But as far as I can > > determine, there is no tagging scheme that would allow towers or steeples > > to be added, nor to have (for example) the height of tower, numbers of > > steps, flagpoles, bells, etc added (which could be useful). > > > > Am I right, or have I missed something? If right, do we need to agree a > > tagging scheme that would allow us to enter that info? > > > > Many thanks > > > > Regards, > > Stuart Reynolds > > for traveline south east & anglia > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Talk-GB mailing list > > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > > > > > -- Sent from my Jolla _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
