<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, 20 Dec 2019 at 18:03, Dave F via Tagging <<a href="mailto:tagging@openstreetmap.org">tagging@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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1 Is plaque the best name? Our Wiki quotes Wikipedia as it being
vertical, but that seems a bit restrictive to me.<br>
<a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:memorial%3Dplaque" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:memorial%3Dplaque</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The wiki actually says "typically attached to a wall, stone, or other vertical</div><div>surface." Typically, not always. I've seen memorial plaques that are about</div><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 30 degrees to the horizontal.<br>
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2. Are there any alternatives to 'memorial' which again, seems too
specific/restrictive, <a>tourism=</a><a>information, </a><a>information=plaque maybe?</a></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For the example you give, calling it a memorial seems wrong. It isn't commemorating</div><div>anything. memorial=plaque is often used with historic=memorial. The wiki for that</div><div>says "A feature for tagging smaller memorials usually remembering special persons,</div><div> peoples lost their lives in the wars, past events or missing places."<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'd say that tourism=information + information=plaque is better. You could maybe</div><div>go with tourism=information + information=board + board_type=geography but</div><div>few people would expect to see a horizontal board. Since information says</div><div>user-defined values are OK then information=plaque.</div><div><br></div><div>If somebody can come up with a word for plaques set in the ground, then go</div><div>with that.</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div>Paul</div><div><br></div><div><a></a></div></div></div></div>