2011/2/1 Steve Bennett <stevag...@gmail.com>: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 11:11 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer > <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: >> To tag obelisks I suggest >> man_made=obelisk >> an alternative could be >> historic=obelisk > > Definitely historic=obelisk, I think. It doesn't really matter if it's > *old*, it's still *historical*.
not all of them. A Las Vegas Obelisk is hardly to be called "historical". > (But also consider what the distinction between this and pillars, > columns etc might be) usually you can already see this from the name (I will mainly tag egyptian ones, so there will be no doubt). For columns I'd say that an obelisk usually has 4 sides, while a column is round. I can't tell you what a pillar is (wikipedia says it's a column), my first guesses were that they stand for piers or pilasters, but they seem to be a kind of column. An obelisk definitely has to be open above (not load bearing), and probably not carrying a statue or something other then a "crest" (not sure if this is the right term, it should mean vertical end, probably ornamental / decorative). Of course these are later additions, and egyptian originals simply ended in a point directed towards the sky. cheers, Martin _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
