Anne-Karoline Distel <annekadis...@web.de> writes: > I would like to be able to differentiate memorials for road traffic > accidents from other memorials along a road, because I'd really like to > know how many there are. Sometimes, it will be difficult to say without > local knowledge whether it was that or maybe if the family uses > "accident" as a euphemism for suicide, of course.
In general I don't think it's possible to separate "accident" from "suicide" fully for "motor vehicle crashes", just as it isn't possible to separate "overdose" from "suicide" for opiod deaths. I think OSM has to tag what is, and not evaluate things that can't really be evaluated. In the northeast US, you find crosses along the road, often simple white wood that do not necessarily endure more than a year or so, and occasional metal permanent ones. And, often a cross with flowers that is there for 1 to several months - the same thing, but sometimes too brief to end up mapped (not because it shouldn't be, just because it has to last long enough for someone who maps these to notice and get to it). > I don't know if wayside_cross is used for this in some instances, for > example, which IMHO it shouldn't be. I don't follow. If there is a cross by the road, are you saying that depending on the beliefs of the people that put it up about cause, then it should or shouldn't be tagged wayside_cross? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
