A few of us have been updating the Tag:place=square page, and Square: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:place%3Dsquare
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Square Originally a place=square was just defined as "A square", with a list of translations like "place, plaza, platz, piazza" etc. However, many features which include on of these words in their name are actually a park or a street junction or even a neighborhoood. Hopefully the new definition makes it more clear what this tag was intended for: as a way to map a named square, rather than putting the name=* tag on the highway=pedestrian + area=yes feature. (It is still quite common for the names of squares to be added directly to the highway area (the actual paved surface where pedestrians can walk in all directions), but it is probably true that this is not quite correct.) Unfortunately, this tag has been used rather inconsistently around the world, often for any feature that includes the word "square" or a translation of that word, or which might be considered similar in the local language. Some poorly mapped examples are shown on github: *https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/4043#issuecomment-593045858 * https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/4043#issuecomment-593046473 * https://github.com/gravitystorm/openstreetmap-carto/issues/4043#issuecomment-593046673 Check if any of the place=square features in your area should instead be junction=yes (for a named street intersection or road junction) or leisure=park or place=neighborhood. Also check if there are highway=pedestrian areas with a name=* which could better have the name added to a new place=square node instead. -- Joseph Eisenberg _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
