"*A stele (/ˈstiːli/ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English> STEE-lee <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key>)[Note 1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele#cite_note-1> is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_world> as a monument <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument>. Grave <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave> stelae were often used for funerary <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral> or commemorative purposes. Stelae as slabs of stone would also be used as ancient Greek <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece> and Roman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome> government notices or as boundary markers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_marker> to mark borders <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border> or property lines <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_(real_estate)>.*
*The surface of the stele usually has text, ornamentation, or both. The ornamentation may be inscribed, carved in relief <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief>, or painted.* *Steles are occasionally erected as memorials to battles. For example, along with other memorials, there are more than half-a-dozen steles erected on the battlefield of Waterloo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Waterloo_Battlefield_locations> at the locations of notable actions by participants in battle.**[1]* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele#cite_note-2>" Free standing slabs of stone with inscription, commemorative, for different purposes. I think it applies perfectly. The stele in the OSM-wiki is a modern variant in wood I think. I have no problem with that. Op do 18 okt. 2018 om 15:09 schreef Janko Mihelić <jan...@gmail.com>: > Memorial=* tag is a bit broken at the moment. Its values can be both, what > the memorial looks like, and what it commemorates. So the most common value > is war_memorial, and that says what it commemorates. Almost all other > values say what it looks like, so IMHO, we should stick with the "what it > looks like" usage of the tag. Memorial=marker says more about what it > commemorates, and very vaguely, so I wouldn't use this one. I read the > stele wikipage[1] and that doesn't look right. So in my opinion, we should > invent a new value that references freestanding stone plaques. So I have a > few suggestions: > > memorial=freestanding_plaque > memorial=freestanding_stone > memorial=stone_plaque > memorial=freestanding_stone_plaque > > or something like that.. > > Janko Mihelić > > [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2018, 05:49 John Willis <jo...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, but marker only has seven uses - stele has about 5000. >> >> Also- Marker, to me, would be something you would find in the ground with >> a number or a pole with a number on it, or something based around a ref >> number or value of some sort (like a mile marker). >> >> In the US, a "historical landmark" or "marker" is usually a plaque >> embedded in a pedestal or stone, so it is memorial=plaque, with about >> 10,000 uses. >> >> ^___^ >> >> Javbw >> >> > On Oct 18, 2018, at 4:21 AM, EthnicFood IsGreat < >> ethnicfoodisgr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > memorial=marker >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Vr gr Peter Elderson
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