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<p><font face="Verdana">A church is a specific attribution of
amenity=place_of_worship related to a specific religion.</font></p>
<p>Typical tags, or better said attribution of
amenity=place_of_worship in this context are:</p>
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<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dchurch"
title="Tag:building=church"><bdi>church</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dcathedral"
title="Tag:building=cathedral"><bdi>cathedral</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dchapel"
title="Tag:building=chapel"><bdi>chapel</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dmosque"
title="Tag:building=mosque"><bdi>mosque</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dsynagogue"
title="Tag:building=synagogue"><bdi>synagogue</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dtemple"
title="Tag:building=temple"><bdi>temple</bdi></a></tt></li>
<li><tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr"
style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi
style="white-space:nowrap"><a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:building"
title="Key:building">building</a></bdi>=<a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:building%3Dshrine"
title="Tag:building=shrine"><bdi>shrine</bdi></a></tt></li>
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<p><tt>There are religions where a place of worship is not a
building, but a natural feature.</tt><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/2021 02:57, Martin
Koppenhoefer wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Fr., 19. Feb. 2021 um
00:51 Uhr schrieb Bert -Araali- Van Opstal <<a
href="mailto:bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">bert.araali.afritastic@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<p><font face="Verdana">If you want to map it as a node,
fine, it's man_made=well and add
amenity=place_of_worship + denomination. What is
against that ?<br>
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<div>that it would make it incredibly hard to find churches,
because all other kind of "holy" objects and places will be in
the way. A church is a different kind of place than a holy
well, (I guess?). I agree, if the holy Mass would be
celebrated at the well. the situation might be different.<br>
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<div>Cheers</div>
<div>Martin<br>
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