Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-28 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/28 David Murn : > That doesnt detract from the original question, of what to map a site of > historic significance. historic=event and event=? or historic:event=yes/ ? the ever useful, never descriptive tourism=attraction could also be used. cheers, Martin __

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-28 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/28 David Murn : > On Thu, 2011-04-28 at 07:34 +0800, Eugene Alvin Villar wrote: >> According to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:brand >> >>     "The brand=* is a larger entity that a place advertises itself as part >> of" >> >> Which means that you put "Burger King" or "Barclay's" or

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-28 Thread John Smith
On 28 April 2011 17:56, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > historic=event and event=? > or historic:event=yes/ ? I like this suggestion. I noticed in JOSM there is a historic=battlefield, but this and other similar events, like David's suggestion about the great train robbery, would be good to be group

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-28 Thread Simone Saviolo
2011/4/28 Richard Welty > On 4/27/11 8:47 PM, John Smith wrote: > >> >> If people can tag trees, surely things of historical significants >> deserve to be allowed in OSM as well. >> > identifiable, physical objects that exist today, sure. > > the phase maps i want to do for the battle of antietam

Re: [Tagging] What to map a site of historical significants...

2011-04-28 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2011/4/28 Simone Saviolo : > phase maps. For example, I've mapped memorial sites related to battles of > the Italian Risorgimento, but not the place where the battles themselves > took place. Also, I've mapped many plates dedicated to kings, soldiers and > patriots, because they're things that are

Re: [Tagging] branch=* tag to specify the particular branch of a chain of stores/amenities

2011-04-28 Thread Eugene Alvin Villar
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: > On 4/27/2011 7:32 PM, Alex Mauer wrote: >> >> On 04/27/2011 06:17 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: I think the standard is brand=*. >>> >>> yes, this is also used for gas stations. >> >> That’s a different thing, I think. >> >> br