<div dir="ltr"><div>Schools are an interesting case for comparison, as on the surface they seem similar. But here's where I see the distinction: many times the entire school grounds is used for school activities (including things like building, playground, sports pitch, parking, etc). But with place of worship, it is usually just one area of a grounds (often a building) that is used for worship. Yet, other activities related to that religious community may take place in the grounds, and that's what we're trying to figure out here. Maybe it's the phrasing of "place of worship" that's part of the issue--it's very specific!<br>
<br>Martin brought up amenity=monastery--it sounds like that might work for John's case in Japan. But there are other cases. To take an extreme example, some churches in the US have large "campuses". This one near Memphis is bigger than some schools, and includes a gym and baseball fields! <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ns6or8m">http://tinyurl.com/ns6or8m</a> What to do here? I would say that it doesn't make sense to tag the whole area as place of worship, that's factually incorrect. So, if people are opposed to landuse=religious, what would you recommend for a case like this? The only other option I can think of might be to put an operator and/or religion tag on other mapped features in the area, but that seems less than ideal. <br>
<br>Brad<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 4:14 AM, Martin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com" target="_blank">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> Am 17/lug/2014 um 10:46 schrieb Pieren <<a href="mailto:pieren3@gmail.com">pieren3@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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> The problem is that amenity=place_of_worship is<br>
> always rendered as a building even when it could be a bigger area<br>
> (like for schools).<br>
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</div>In the Christian religion (which is where I happen to map, don't know about other religions) I use this tag on the sacred ground, which might extend to the churchyard, an oratory, or some outdoor space around the church, but often wouldn't comprise a kindergarten or some administration facility of the church, so I don't think place of worship can be used for this context. For monasteries I use amenity=monastery and put pow only on the churches and chapels...<br>
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Agree that place of worship shouldn't render as a building<br>
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cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
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