On 15 May 2015 at 14:38, Kotya Karapetyan <kotya.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody, > > I was mapping cemeteries recently, and I stumbled over a couple of > confusing points. I would like to know your opinion. > > 1) There is landuse=cemetery and amenity-grave_yard. Could someone explain > the difference please? Is it that graveyard is always at a place of worship > territory? I find it quite confusing: most big cemeteries in Moscow have > started as such graveyards, but are now much more known than those old > churches or monasteries (which may even be non-functional by now). Also, at > every cemetery, there is a place of worship. But its only purpose is often > to hold a burial service at that cemetery. > > 2) For large cemeteries, mapping of sections/sectors is essential for the > map to be of any use. There is a proposal for this > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/Cemetery_sector, > but it seems to be abandoned. I would restart it, but I have a doubt: do we > want a specific cemetery-related tag only? I would rather introduce > something like a "section" that could be used elsewhere too (e.g. for a > large parking, beach, etc.) The fact that it's a cemetery section can be > derived from geometry. > > 3) A good alternative could be a subtag: > cemetery:section=xxx, > where I would make xxx the name of the section (aka ref and name). > > 4) Ref seems to be a good tagging for the cemetery section number, but it > doesn't show up on the map, unlike the "name" (e.g. > https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/345082198). Is ref still a preferred > tag? > > 5) Is it more correct to use "section" or "sector" for cemeteries? The > proposal is for "sector" but I think it should actually be "section". > > Cheers, > Kotya > There's also 'churchyard' but that doesn't appear to get rendered ! How about mapping a cemetery with connected smaller cemeteries ? That's what I've done to distinguish different areas and names. -- Mike. @millomweb <https://sites.google.com/site/millomweb/index/introduction> - For all your info on Millom and South Copeland via *the area's premier website - * *currently unavailable due to ongoing harassment of me, my family, property & pets* T&Cs <https://sites.google.com/site/pmailkeey/e-mail>
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