On 09/09/2009 22:00, David Earl wrote: > On 09/09/2009 21:43, Valent Turkovic wrote: > >> Is grave_yard tag used? I don't see it in JOSM. Why is the wiki so >> confusing for this simple thing to map. >> > I think the original distinction was that a graveyard is the burial > ground around a church, while a cemetery is a separate pice of land set > aside for burials, not necessarily associated with a church, or a > denomination - in the UK, many of these are operated by local > authorities not religious institutions, while the graveyard around a > church is exclusive to the church. Though around here, quite a few of the graveyards next to churches are operated by the council, and they are called "placename Cemetery" or similar.
> Having said that, I kind of agree with you, that the distinction is > subtle and probably adds little. > It seems like a fairly pointless and confusing distinction to me. Shouldn't the fact that they are next to / around a church be obvious from the church marked on the map? And the cemetery can be tagged with the operator / religion / denomination as appropriate. Also, I notice (according to Map Features on the wiki) amenity=grave_yard can apply to a node or an area, whereas landuse=cemetery is supposed to be just for areas. Though amenity=grave_yard on a node doesn't seem to rendered at all (on Mapnik or Osmarender), but landuse=cemetery on a node does render the name (but no symbol). On areas, both appear to be rendered identically. Craig _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
