Re: [Tagging] Architectural Monuments - ideas?
2014-02-16 21:31 GMT+01:00 nounours77 : > Hello, > > I'm currently importing a list of Architectural Monuments into OSM. The > available information is the name, the architect, sometimes the > construction period. But how should I tag it? I was thinking about three > possibilities: > > 1) historic=architectural_monument: Some buildings are old, but most are > recent buildings. And also the relevance seems to be sometimes not big > enough to justify a historic tag. > yes, I wouldn't use this tag if you are after tagging a generic "architectural monument". > > 2) tourism=attraction, tourism=attraction:type=architectural_monument: > Some buildings are from famous architects, and might be tourist > attractions. But most might be more interesting to architectural interested > than to normal tourists. > yes, might be exxagerated to add it to every interesting building, I know from my own experience that not everybody is interested (or culturally prepared) in seeing a lot of buildings. > 3) building=architectural_monument: This is my preferred choice. As it's > the building itself which is a monument. But it conflicts with other > possible uses of the building type. E.g. if building=school or > building=station, it's very likely to be among the architectural_monuments > yes, would NOT use this, as "architectural monument" is not a building type. My Idea is that you probably shouldn't tag something as "architectural monument", as this is highly subjective and there is no absolute way of telling something is a monument or not. Also this will vary according to fashion. Adding attributes like the architect or the construction date will already allow for basic filtering (getting maybe the more interesting buildings), important buildings will also likely have an article in wikipedia so adding this will also help identifying them. Every way of tagging, which requires "voting" or "rating" of buildings in some way or the other, is not suitable for OSM (is subjective, is an opinion and not a fact). cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] How to tag a public works facility ?
2014-02-19 22:18 GMT+01:00 sabas88 : > Why use landuse=industrial? Because it's rendered? I don't advocate it to be used exclusively, but it fits the current definition (production and/or storage). cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
Re: [Tagging] Tagging lifeguard watch towers
2014-02-18 15:01 GMT+01:00 Georg Feddern : > I won't see them as a health_facility and would put them under > emergency=lifeguard. +1 cheers, Martin ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
[Tagging] Metropolitan counties and other boundaries
Hi, In the last couple of years I have put in a lot of hours maintaining the UK's admin boundaries in OSM. Having started in Kent (home territory) I have gradually been fanning out to cover more and more of the country. Although there is a lot of consistency in the tagging, one thing I noticed is that there are two schools of thought regarding Metropolitan Districts. These are a subdivision of Metropolitan Counties, of which there are six: Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands and West Yorkshire. The Metropolitan Counties still exist in law, and certain functions (e.g. Fire&Rescue, public transport) are often governed at that level. The Councils no longer exist as bodies however. The Metropolitan Districts (which are styled as Boroughs or Cities) are therefore effectively 99% the same as "unitary authorities". In the situation between 1974 and 1986 the tagging would be obvious: both the County and the District would be boundary=administrative, with admin_level=6 for the county and admin_level=8 for the districts. In OSM, things have diverged a bit since then, and proper Unitary Authorities are tagged as admin_level=6 putting them on the same level as Non-Metropolitan Counties. The current situation in OSM is: admin_level County county tag county district GM ceremonial n/a 8 Merseyside ceremonial n/a 8 S Yorks administrative 6 8 T&Wear ceremonial n/a 6 W Mids administrative 6 8 W Yorks ceremonial n/a 8 I would like to normalise this tagging, and looking at the current usage above and the wiki[1], propose that the Metropolitan Counties become boundary=ceremonial, and the Metropolitan Districts become boundary=administrative, admin_level=8. Are there any objections or other comments? If not I will make the changes in a few days' time. By the way, I have been creating a wiki page to try to give an overview of UK boundary tagging at [2]. Please look at it - any comments, corrections, additions etc are most welcome, and if people feel it's useful the content can be moved into a more "obvious" place in the wiki. Thanks, Colin [1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Admin_level [2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:Csmale/ukboundaries ___ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
