The mileage markers are also used in police reports, highway department work orders, and the like, as a standardized way of describing an approximate location.
-------Original Email------- Subject :Re: [Tagging] tagging a point of interest of sorts >From :mailto:nerou...@gmail.com Date :Wed Dec 15 19:36:00 America/Chicago 2010 A related question is how to tag something like this: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_192_marker_7_eastbound.jpg It's often called a mile marker, but the distance between each consecutive pair is not constant. The intent is for tourist-oriented businesses to advertise their location with respect to the markers. I used man_made=tower name=Marker 7, but I don't know if this is best. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging -- John F. Eldredge -- j...@jfeldredge.com "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
