-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > >>> (1) Churches are currently rendered only at zoom 17. I think these >>> are >>> substantially more prominent landmarks than many other features >>> already >>> rendered at lower zoom levels. Therefore I propose: >>> - place_of_worship rendered as the usual symbol, possibly a little >>> smaller, at zoom 15 >>> - additionally with its name and larger icon in 16 and 17 >> Agreed, churches are good for navigation and should appear in z15+ > > Remember that in some areas, a "church" is often just a city flat with > a sign at the door and thus has none of the "landmark" > characteristics you speak of. I would well imagine inner-city level > 16 becomig very crowded if every "Church of Jesus Christus of the > Latter-Day Saints Aldburh Branch" is rendered (which in turn might > keep people from adding the text at all, seeing that they're > cluttering the map).
Conversely, some buildings look like churches for navigation purposes, but inside are no longer used for that purpose. I think maybe we should separate building=church and amenity=place_of_worship. "Normal" churches will be both. Buildings that used to be churches, but are no longer, or even just look like churches should be marked with the former. Places where congregations of worshippers meet should be amenity=place_of_worship (the current tag). Maybe we should use building=church-like instead of building=church to define them. Also we can use an extra tag for weather it has a steeple or a tower. The icon for it could be a little picture of a church, like the one attached (but not the one attached because it is somebody's logo, in contrast to the icon for place of worship, which should be a religious symbol. Robert (Jamie) Munro cc'd to talk as this relevant to all maps and mapping, not just [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHVUVHz+aYVHdncI0RAlVmAJ0QccxWd5O7YyyUmCJ+ZPg1n8ipfgCdEx2U 87nbsOV6oAAMpuv+gAaT/zE= =PpPp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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